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Wesley Hunt: “We had 20 million people enter our country illegally.”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Rep. Wesley Hunt talks immigration, gun rights in US Senate campaign

Published | Video Starts at 06:00

You have to ensure that we keep it that way. And then we can have secondary and tertiary order conversations. But first things first. We are a sovereign nation. We had 20 million people enter our country illegally. and that's just not going to work. And as somebody that has deployed all over the world, I spent time in Iraq, flew 55 combat air missions in Baghdad, did two years of service in Saudi Arabia as a diplomatic liaison officer. (06:00–06:04)

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