And I don't blame most of these people for coming up looking for economic opportunity because that's exactly what they all say they're doing. And that say nothing of how that circumnavigates our laws. 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, based on our immigration into the country. And so Nicaragua, Ecuador are. (00:01–08:45)
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Asserts that the U.S. does not accept refugees or asylum seekers solely for economic reasons.
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