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Matt Gaetz: “I think that the people who want open borders are willing to accept that as, like, just an acceptable cost of open…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2024
I think that the people who want open borders are willing to accept that as, like, just an acceptable cost of open borders--that if students do not do as well, if our hospitals, if our schools are overrun and overburdened, that this OK so long as we are serving this broader goal that they have of open borders, and that just strikes me as cruel.
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Matt Gaetz
Republican · Florida

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Gaetz criticizes the impact of open borders on education and public services.

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