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Jay Furman: “Countries are developing an entire economic system based on…”

Featuring: Jay Furman, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Texas, District 28

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Interview of Commander Jay Furman

Published | Video Starts at 00:01

We do not accept people just for economic opportunity. In the refugee status or in the asylum status that they are claiming here. That is for peril to their own lives. Countries are developing an entire economic system based on our immigration into the country. And so Nicaragua, Ecuador are. You don't have to have a visa to get in. It is a railhead into our country meant to destroy our country from the inside out. (00:01–08:45)

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Asserts that some countries are economically benefiting from immigration to the U.S.

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