This is the thing that a lot of people don't realize. They say, okay, Eric, the migrants and asylum seeker issue is over. Everything is fine. No, it's not. Cost us $7.2 billion. That is $7.2 billion that I could not put into. 500 million into chronically absent children, a billion dollars into senior housing, 500 millions into more programs for our youth formerly incarcerated. (13:35–13:38)
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