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Scott Perry: “This El Salvadorian was known to American authorities to be…”

Featuring: Scott Perry, Republican | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 10

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American people are ‘paying the bill in blood’ for Biden’s border policies: Rep. Scott Perry

Published | Video Starts at 06:02

And if they're willing to break the initial law of coming into the country illegally, does anyone think they're not willing to fraudulently claim that they're married so that they can stay here? This El Salvadorian was known to American authorities to be a murderer in El Salvador, yet he's here in America. He was here in America, traveling freely around America. Do you think that he couldn't coerce somebody into marrying him so he could stay? Of course he can. (06:02–06:10)

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Asserts that a known murderer from El Salvador was allowed into the U.S.

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