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Pete Buttigieg: “Immigration law exists for a reason. Most of us think just…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Community Conversation between Mayor Randall Woodfin and Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Published | Video Starts at 34:00

When I think about the relationship that as a parent, I want to have with the other parents in my school, I cannot imagine something more corrosive than pressure to do something like that. Same thing at workplaces all across the board. Look, Immigration law exists for a reason. Most of us think just about all of us understand the idea that a country needs to have borders, that there needs to be immigration law, that it has to be enforced. I think that's what a lot of people thought they were voting for. They also thought they were voting for a government that would find someone who was dangerous, who was a violent criminal, who had convictions, and deport them. (34:00–34:10)

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Asserts that immigration laws are necessary and need to be enforced.

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