So people got upset because they said, man, what you doing? You know, you letting everybody come into the city. You're paying for them. Very reasonable. Right? So what people didn't understand, I couldn't stop the buses from coming in. The federal law said, you can, Eric. I couldn't even allow them to work. The federal law said, you can't even allow them to work. And a group of migrants and asylum seekers came to me and said, listen, we want to contribute to the city. (32:05–32:10)
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