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Troy Downing: “We had bad actors from potentially hostile countries that…”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

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Extended interview with U.S. Rep. Troy Downing

Published | Video Starts at 09:57

Was not sustainable. I mean, we were basically being invaded from the southern border. And we had folks that weren't just, you know, economic refugees. We had. We had bad actors from potentially hostile countries that were coming in and disappearing into the population. So the problem was severe. And so we've cut that off. Now we need to really focus on what reasonable rules for immigration are so that we're continuing even some of the worker issues that I talked about. (09:57–10:03)

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