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Marco Rubio: “A flood of 15 to 20 million people [entered the United…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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So that is the challenge we're facing, which is why the president sort of put a stop to all of these things until these systems for admitting people into our country can be improved. But I think everyone would understand that after A flood of 15 to 20 million people [entered the United States] almost unrestrained at some extent over the last four years. before taking over in January of this year, there's a desire in our country to put a stop to that until we can fix these processes, to ensure that not … (42:10–42:18)

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