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Ron DeSantis: “You don't have a right as a foreigner to be here.”

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And there's just this view that somehow someone just shows up and they just have a right to be in this country. You don't have a right as a foreigner to be here. And if you're somebody that's coming, is that going to benefit the American people or not? If it's not going to benefit the American people, then why are we even having this conversation? (08:58–09:01)

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Asserts that foreigners do not have an inherent right to be in the U.S.

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