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Monica De La Cruz: “I wrote a letter to the administration and to Speaker…”

Featuring: Monica De La Cruz, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 15

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U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

… be one of those Republicans that would prefer ICE to be concentrating on the criminal element rather than these laborers that our industry relies on down here? So this summer I wrote a letter to the administration and to Speaker Johnson asking for them to focus on criminal immigrants. who are in this country. I believe that that is what our community wants. And what I want to do is be the voice of our local community, and what we want them to do is focus on criminal immigrants. (01:27–01:43)

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Claims to have requested the administration and Speaker Johnson to prioritize targeting criminal immigrants.

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