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Virginia Foxx: Would it be fair to call the prospect of receiving free healthcare and other benefits an incentive for people to…

On the recordJuly 17, 2023
Would it be fair to call the prospect of receiving free healthcare and other benefits an incentive for people to illegally cross into the United States?
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx questions if free healthcare acts as an incentive for illegal immigration.

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