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Pete Buttigieg: “We need to have laws that are followed.”

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

Pete Takes Questions, Live from Tulsa

Published April 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 1:11:58

I mean, it shows you just how broken the system is. The basic things that need to happen that most people can agree on is we need to have a secure border naturally. We need to have laws that are followed. We also need to make it possible to immigrate to this country without being tied up in a million miles of red tape. (1:11:58–1:12:02)

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