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Eric Hovde: “The town of Whitewater here in Wisconsin, a town of about…”

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 00:26

If you look at what's happening to the budgets of many cities and municipalities, they've gone upside down almost immediately because they have to care for all these people. So take The town of Whitewater here in Wisconsin, a town of about 13,000 people, 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. (00:26–00:37)

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