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Ken Paxton: “I think we ought to have a, something in letting people in…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 27:31

Like I think that's what they would have done. And now we go like, ah, we're free to religious. Religious freedom. No, no, yeah, sure. But this is not the same as another religion. I think we ought to have a, something in letting people in. They will say, no, I have my own religion, but I'm going to follow these laws and I'm not going to follow separate laws. Right, you ought to have to agree to be under our Constitution, otherwise why are you coming here other than just to destroy it? (27:31–27:42)

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Asserts the need for immigrants to agree to follow U.S. laws.

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