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Jodey Arrington: Listening to the gentleman, it is just hard to believe that in the greatest country on planet Earth, that this is what…

On the recordMarch 17, 2021
Listening to the gentleman, it is just hard to believe that in the greatest country on planet Earth, that this is what we are allowing to happen. Reimporting people who violated our laws, had due process, and we did what the law says, detain and deport. Today, under Present Biden's deluge of executive orders, they are released and rewarded: free healthcare, compliments of the taxpayers of the United States; free education, compliments of the taxpayers of the United States. We spend $12 billion in Texas alone on illegal immigration, and the price has just climbed higher and higher under this President. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop), my dear friend, representing the Ninth Congressional District.
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Jodey Arrington
Republican · Texas
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Mar 17, 2021

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