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Pete Hegseth: “That includes trend Nicaragua and cartels and violent…”

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I think you got to start with the baseline which Marco laid out. Everybody's laid out. 20 million people invading our country over four years. We don't know where they're coming from. That includes trend Nicaragua and cartels and violent criminals. They bring drugs. And you mentioned it, Mr. President. Poisoning, an intentional poisoning of the American people, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans. So the President had the courage to designate these cartels as designated terrorist organizations. (11:59–12:04)

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Asserts that the influx includes people from Nicaragua, cartels, and violent criminals who bring drugs.

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