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Eric Hovde: “The City of Madison had $700,000 allocated to it through…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Just Facts - Economic Impact of Illegal Immigration - Hovde for U.S. Senate

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

So take the town of Whitewater here in Wisconsin, a town of about 13,000 people that had 1,000 illegal immigrants placed into the community. Almost immediately, their budget went upside down by $400,000. The City of Madison had $700,000 allocated to it through Covid, just transferred that money to care for illegal immigrants. This is happening all over the country. Big cities like New York, Chicago, their budgets are getting exploded because of this issue. (00:41–00:52)

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Asserts that Madison used $700,000 of Covid funds to care for illegal immigrants.

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