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J. D. Vance: “We cannot have an immigration policy where what was good for…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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VP Vance speaks at Turning Point event at Ole Miss | LiveNOW from FOX

Published | Video Starts at 34:53

… thereby committed to let in a million or 10 million or 100 million people a year in the future? No, that's not right. We cannot have. I'll go and finish. We cannot have an immigration policy where what was good for the country 50 or 60 years ago binds the country inevitably for the future. There's too many people who want to come to the United States of America. And my job as vice president is not to look out for the interests of the whole world. (34:53–35:02)

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Asserts that past immigration policies should not dictate future policies.

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