Vivek Ramaswamy: “Many of those countries are recipients of U.S. foreign aid.”

“Because a lot of those countries, for example, in Central America, right, there's this area called the Darien Pass. It's like a jungle area, which used to be closed. Now there's a massive northward flow of migrants. Many of those countries are recipients of U.S. foreign aid. What does that mean? It means we're literally given our taxpayer money as aid, just as a check to those countries. Just a free check. Free money to those countries.” (42:34–42:39)

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