Paul Begala actually said...

Six hundred million dollars is not nothing. It's part of a $17 billion budget on immigration control. Seventeen billion. To put it in perspective, we spend $5 billion for cancer research, and cancer is a much greater threat, frankly, than most of us think illegal immigrants are.

Context

Paul Begala comments on the significance of the funding for border security in relation to the overall budget and other spending priorities.

08/11/2010

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