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Scott Bessent: “Presidents closed the border and the mass immigration is…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 00:41

Well, Cr Kristen, in March of 2024, I wrote a piece and I talked about the three eyes that were killing Americans immigration, interest rates and inflation. Presidents closed the border and the mass immigration is gone. And that was putting a lot of the immigration was putting upward pressure on housing, downward pressure on wages. Interest rates are down. And now we are starting to see the affordability. (00:41–00:46)

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Asserts that the President has closed the border, ending mass immigration.

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