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Joe Kent: “We have our military securing the borders of many Middle…”

Featuring: Joe Kent, Far-right, America First | Former Candidate, U.S. House Washington, District 3

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Know Your Candidates 2024: Joe Kent, U.S. Congress, Washington District 3

Published | Video Starts at 05:28

What should Congress do to discourage illegal immigration and encourage legal immigration? Number one, we've got to build the wall. We've got to get the military down there to actually secure our border. We have our military securing the borders of many Middle Eastern countries, countries in Europe, while our border is wide open. get our military down there, finish and build the wall, make sure our country is actually secure. That's going to stop the flow of fentanyl that's killing 130,000Americans every single year. (05:28–05:32)

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Asserts U.S. military secures foreign borders while neglecting its own.

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