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Sean Duffy: “If you're in the country illegally, that doesn't mean you…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy discusses DOT's move to withhold more than $73M from New York

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

… here for years and are crucial to the economy of places like Los Angeles and like New York. But you're right, but I'm in a position where we follow rules. If you're in the country illegally, that doesn't mean you get to drive an 80,000 pound vehicle on American roads. with American families that are going to church or to Walmart. That is, that, that, that's not what that means. (07:43–07:50)

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Asserts that being in the country illegally does not grant the right to drive large commercial vehicles.

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