WEBVTT - Study Hall: Unveiling the Wealth of Opportunity in Africa

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from Al Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>accused of murdering a Texas man of Venezuelan charged with

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<v Speaker 1>filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just

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<v Speaker 1>some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy nom the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border

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<v Speaker 1>crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are here illegally, your next you will be fined nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars a day, imprisoned, and deported. You will

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<v Speaker 1>never return. But if you register using our CBP home

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<v Speaker 1>app and leave now, you could be allowed to return legally.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what's right. Leave now. Under President Trump, America's laws,

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<v Speaker 1>border and families will be protected.

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<v Speaker 2>Sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me ask you this. We were talking backstage. There's

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of Americans here and we were talking about people,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, opportunities in Africa, and we're in Africa, different things,

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<v Speaker 3>and you were saying like, this is so many opportunities, right,

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<v Speaker 3>So can you speak on that for the Americans that

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<v Speaker 3>may want to start businesses or have some investments, you

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<v Speaker 3>know what perspective can you can you give them?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay?

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<v Speaker 4>So, first of all, I think that when people look

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<v Speaker 4>at investment opportunities, it's the first thing that they think

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<v Speaker 4>about is capital. I don't agree. I think the first

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<v Speaker 4>thing you got to think about is an idea, what

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<v Speaker 4>it is that you want to do. The way I

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<v Speaker 4>see Africa is this. So I see America or the

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<v Speaker 4>West as a farm, a very sophisticated farm. They have

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<v Speaker 4>all kinds of things planted of the farm. And if

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<v Speaker 4>you want to be successful, you need to find a

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<v Speaker 4>niche and you have to work at it very hard

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<v Speaker 4>before you can plant something for you to grow and

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<v Speaker 4>be successful. That's how I see it. And I see

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<v Speaker 4>Ghana and Africa as a bear land. You just have

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<v Speaker 4>to find a spot, get some cow manio put it there,

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<v Speaker 4>plant something that you think you can really sell, sprinkle

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<v Speaker 4>some water and then it will work out. So I

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<v Speaker 4>feel like there's so much opportunity here. However, we don't

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<v Speaker 4>think of any ideas and sometimes you just you figure

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<v Speaker 4>it out on the ground. My background is accounted and finance.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know nothing about telecoms. I don't know nothing

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<v Speaker 4>about all in gas, but I figured out, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>being around, just being in Ghana. So please don't always

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<v Speaker 4>think of, oh, I need to find five hundred thousand dollars,

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<v Speaker 4>I need to find a hundred thousand dollars. I need

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<v Speaker 4>to know just there's so much opportunity here. There are

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<v Speaker 4>people that came here with next to nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>You gave us a great example of the porter parties.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, tell us about that.

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<v Speaker 3>So, like you were saying, like so many things that

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<v Speaker 3>you don't even think about, and then it's like by

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<v Speaker 3>the time you actually figure it out, it's already done.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, because like the porter party situation for them. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So because I mean what people want to do is

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<v Speaker 4>people want to follow the train. They want to go away.

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<v Speaker 4>They hear you know, oh, this line of business is

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<v Speaker 4>really successful. By the time you hear there's a really

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<v Speaker 4>good line of business, it is over. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 4>mean people have made the most of it, and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the entry barrier will be higher, the returns are going

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<v Speaker 4>to be lower and stuff. And like I said, it

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<v Speaker 4>could be as simple as you know, creating any brand

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<v Speaker 4>anything at all from here, you know. So it could

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<v Speaker 4>be real estate, it could be you name it. I

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<v Speaker 4>mean real estate back ten years ago, fifteen years ago

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<v Speaker 4>was way better than I guess than it is today.

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<v Speaker 4>And the people that got involved back then, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I think I gave an example. People that jumped on

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<v Speaker 4>Tesla back in the day are way better than people

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<v Speaker 4>that are trying to jump on Tesla now. But there

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<v Speaker 4>are a lot of opportunities. You have to just figure

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<v Speaker 4>it out. I don't want to really direct anyone into

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<v Speaker 4>any particular space, but it's just so broad and just

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<v Speaker 4>think about it this way. It's bare land. You basically

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<v Speaker 4>figure out what you want to plant, you know, and

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<v Speaker 4>have a successful harvest. So it's your call. You have

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<v Speaker 4>to figure it out. Your business plans that you did

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<v Speaker 4>in college and stuff is not going to work over here.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna let you know that, you know, forget that

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<v Speaker 4>business plan and there's that no you know what, forget

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<v Speaker 4>all that. All that now now is the real deal.

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<v Speaker 4>There's the jungle.

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from El Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>accused of murdering a Texas. Man of Venezuelan charged with

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<v Speaker 1>filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just

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<v Speaker 1>some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy nom the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border

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<v Speaker 1>crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are here illegally, your next you will be fine. Nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars a day. Imprisoned and deported, you will

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<v Speaker 1>never return. But if you register using our CBP home

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<v Speaker 1>app and leave now, you could be allowed to return legally.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what's right. Leave now. Under President Trump America's laws,

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<v Speaker 1>border and families will be protected.

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<v Speaker 2>Sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security DISIL.

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<v Speaker 4>Most people have their college degree disiold master's your pad.

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<v Speaker 4>This is the real deal. Yeah, And what I want

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<v Speaker 4>to let you know is there's so much opportunity and

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<v Speaker 4>that returns here. The kind of returns you can make

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<v Speaker 4>here is very difficult to make it in the West

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<v Speaker 4>A lot of times. Don't sleep on Africa. Do not

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<v Speaker 4>sleep on Africa. One thing I will tell you is

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<v Speaker 4>that the wealthiest black man who look like us is

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<v Speaker 4>from where Africa? Where did he make the money? Africa?

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<v Speaker 4>So why are we slacking? I think there's opportunity here

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<v Speaker 4>for all of us.

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<v Speaker 6>What kind of returns are we looking at? As an

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<v Speaker 6>American business person if we come here plant what kind

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<v Speaker 6>of returns you expected? And also from all your successes

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<v Speaker 6>and failures, what are like the three biggest lessons that

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<v Speaker 6>you've gained from them.

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<v Speaker 4>In terms of returns. I think each and everyone have

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<v Speaker 4>different expectations. But one thing that I can tell you

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<v Speaker 4>is that the returns that I have seen in Africa,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think I would have seen that elsewhere. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>going to talk about myself an opportunity that I've invested.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's say I've invested maybe one hundred and fifty million

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<v Speaker 4>dollars in an opportunity and the returns maybe sixty billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 4>So I don't know what multiples that is, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>So it's all right if you do the math. There's

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<v Speaker 4>a lot, a whole lot, but there are some you know,

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<v Speaker 4>someone may like I said, I started with I didn't

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<v Speaker 4>have any capital, So you don't don't don't look at

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<v Speaker 4>it as what am I going to really get out

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<v Speaker 4>of this? Don't look at it from that side. Look

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<v Speaker 4>at it as how do I get over this challenge?

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<v Speaker 4>So this is a challenge. I want to be able

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<v Speaker 4>to get over it, because if you're able to get

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<v Speaker 4>over the challenge, the sources will come after that. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>you don't don't try and figure out the money pot

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<v Speaker 4>pet The money part will come.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>The returns might be like I didn't think, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>I knew I was going to be successful. I didn't

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<v Speaker 4>think I was going to be this successful. I ain't

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<v Speaker 4>gonna lie, you know. Sometimes I got to pinch myself.

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<v Speaker 4>This is real. Like, so you may think maybe you

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<v Speaker 4>may becoming the gun and you're like, oh, I want

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<v Speaker 4>to make a million dollars, that's what That's what you

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<v Speaker 4>may think. But the things that you're doing, the opportunity

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<v Speaker 4>could actually make you twenty million dollars. But because in

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<v Speaker 4>your mind you want to make a million bucks. As

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<v Speaker 4>since you make a million bucks, ooh you're comfortable. Yeah there,

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<v Speaker 4>Lamborghinia is about to come out, so you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>instead of you maybe focusing on you know, improving the

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<v Speaker 4>business and you know, working smart and stuff like that,

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<v Speaker 4>you put you set limitations. So I don't really like

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<v Speaker 4>that part. I think that the opportunities here are really

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<v Speaker 4>really unlimited in terms of the rewards. So I don't

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<v Speaker 4>like it to be that way. I mean, some banks

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<v Speaker 4>used to give like ten percent fixed deposit interest rates.

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<v Speaker 4>You put your money in the bank, you don't do

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<v Speaker 4>nothing to give you ten percent pair, you know. So

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just saying this, there are real opportunities over here.

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<v Speaker 4>You just have to figure it out.

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from El Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>accused of murdering a Texas man of Venezuelan charged with

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<v Speaker 1>filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just

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<v Speaker 1>some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy nom the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border

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<v Speaker 1>crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are here illegally, your next you will be fine nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars a day, imprisoned, and deported, you will

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<v Speaker 1>never return. But if you register using our CBP home

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<v Speaker 1>app and leave now, you could be allowed to return legally.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what's right. Leave now. Under President Trump, America's laws,

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<v Speaker 1>border and families will be protected.

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<v Speaker 2>Sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security,