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WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday highlighted the abuse of the U.S. asylum system and reiterated the importance of mass deportations in the wake of a shooting that killed a member of the National Guard and critically injured another last week in the nation's capital.

Leavitt also honored the National Guard soldiers by quoting the words of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John.

"I'll tell you what does not add to our nation’s character and integrity is refugees who come here under the alleged plight of asylum and fleeing persecution, and then come to the United States to abuse our system and rip off American taxpayers," Leavitt said in response to a question regarding the definition of American "national identity."

Leavitt went on to cite a Nov.

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