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John Cornyn: “Chinese organized criminal groups used illegal immigrants to…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn Chairs Drug Caucus Hearing on Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America

Published | Video Starts at 02:13

Brother Wang has not only smuggled fentanyl into the United States, but also laundered drug trafficking cash proceeds. Indeed, Chinese criminal organizations have become the go to money launderers in the Mexican drug … Chinese organized criminal groups used illegal immigrants to grow marijuana in the United States. … Strategy, President Trump wrote, we want to ensure that the Western Hemisphere remains reasonably stable and well governed enough to prevent and discourage mass migration to the United States. (02:13–02:34)

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Asserts that Chinese criminal groups use illegal immigrants for marijuana cultivation in the US.

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