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Karoline Leavitt: “An illegal alien from Mexico who was arrested for attempted…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Oct. 23, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 42:06

An illegal alien from Guatemala who was arrested for rape and burglary. An illegal alien from El Salvador who was arrested for strangulation, DUI and burglary. An illegal alien from Mexico who was arrested for attempted murder. The Democrats open border policies allowed these threats into our country and then they provided them with free health care. The president and Republicans through the one big beautiful bill implemented a common sense reform to end this Friday fraudulent scheme. But that's why the Democrats are continuing to shut down the federal government. (42:06–42:20)

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Asserts that Democrats' open border policies allowed an illegal alien arrested for attempted murder into the country and provided them with free health care.

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