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Rick Scott: “About one out of every 250 people in this country right now…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Republican Sen. Rick Scott on the crisis at the border | Morning in America

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

First of all, good morning to you. Senator. Good morning. I mean, this. This is ridiculous. We're supposed to have a secure border, and now About one out of every 250 people in this country right now have come here illegally this year. I'm from an immigration state. We like immigration, but it's got to be legal immigration. This is not safe for our country. (00:37–00:42)

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Asserts that approximately 1 in 250 people in the U.S. have entered illegally in the current year.

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