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Mayra Flores: “When you cross illegally into this country, that is funding…”

Featuring: Mayra Flores, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Texas, District 34

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Published | Video Starts at 09:59

And unfortunately, the Biden administration, those laws weren't implemented. And that's why we had thousands of people crossing legally into this country every single day. And When you cross illegally into this country, that is funding a terrorist organization, that is funding the Mexican cartel. that has the people of Mexico terrorized, that abuses, that rapes women and children. There's nothing compassionate about illegal immigration. If you care about these people, you would encourage and reward legal immigration and not illegal immigration. (09:59–10:14)

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Asserts that illegal immigration funds terrorist organizations and the Mexican cartel.

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