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Henry Cuellar: “The $750 million, it's not going to solve everything. It's…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Congressman Henry Cuellar Interview.

Published | Video Starts at 00:25

When it comes right down to it, do you see any solution in actually stopping this influx of immigrants that is coming from Central America? We gotta go into the root of the problems. And that's why The $750 million, it's not going to solve everything. It's one of the biggest steps we've done to help Central America at the root of the problems, the economics, the security to stop them. Congressman Cuellar was also at President Obama's final State of the Union address in Washington this week. He says, as usual, Democrats applauded throughout the president's speech, Republicans did not. (00:25–00:38)

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Asserts that $750 million is a significant step to address Central America's economic and security issues.

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