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Newt Gingrich: “You can't have 6, 8, 9 million people crossing the border…”

Featuring: Newt Gingrich, Conservative | Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | National

Gavin Newsom and Newt Gingrich Discuss Immigration, Trump's Policies, and Bipartisanship

Published May 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:26

Curious. Your assessment? I think. No, I think first of all, there were two huge challenges. One is sheer volume. I mean, You can't have 6, 8, 9 million people crossing the border illegally. The other, which I began writing about in the, in the 80s, I was visited when I was a congressman in Georgia by a Vietnamese small business owner who said … (02:26–02:32)

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“He got the highest percentage any Republican's ever gotten in the Hispanic community.”
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“We produced the only four balanced budgets in a century.”
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“We're not going to deport 10 or 12 or 14 million people.”
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“We are going to deport most of the criminals.”
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“Most of them don't speak the language of their native country.”
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“My guess is that by sometime in 27, we will begin to have a very healthy debate.”
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“I was for China joining the WTO.”
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“He later on was barred from practicing law for five years in Arkansas.”
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