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Glenn Grothman: So many areas to pick from in which we talk about the first year of this administration. No country can exist if you…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
So many areas to pick from in which we talk about the first year of this administration. No country can exist if you don't have immigration laws, and I can't think of anywhere where the new administration is more of a change from the old. We have gone through a situation in which about 25,000 people every year crossed our southern border, and now routinely over 75,000, tripling the amount of people who have come across our border. That has received a lot of attention, but not enough attention has been received for the lack of people being pushed back across the border if they are caught here breaking crimes or otherwise. In the first 6 months of 2020, about 93,000 people were kicked out. This time around, it is about 18,000. So we have about another 70,000 people who we don't want in this country, primarily because they have broken the law. Under the Biden administration, we don't kick them out. We have to also look at the carrot that they are giving people to come here in the Build Back Better bill, trying to give free college education to people who come here illegally. Every Democrat but one in this body voted for it, saying: Yes, absolutely. We not only want people to come here illegally, but we will give them free college education, free medical care. Unbelievable. Showing that the number one priority is to get people here illegally, they are not even giving tests for COVID, which says something or other.…
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Glenn Grothman
Republican · Wisconsin
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Jan 19, 2022

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