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Lori Chavez-DeRemer: “We have to have operational control of that border for…”

Featuring: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Republican | U.S. Secretary of Labor | National

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2 congresswomen discuss House bill to reinstate 'Remain in Mexico' policy

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

So what's the plan now moving forward? Well, again, our job, as Marie stated, is to pass that law. We will ask the president to step in and negotiate what that looks like. We have to have operational control of that border for several reasons. What we're experiencing in the United States of America, because of the border not being secure, at least in my district, I know in the state of Washington and throughout the United States, is we don't, one. (02:18–02:22)

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Asserts the necessity of operational control of the border.

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