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Eric Hovde: “They can't account for 100,000 children. And sadly, I can…”

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

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Eric Hovde interview, WUWM radio

Published | Video Starts at 32:14

I've had a partnership with Thorne. I funded something called spotlight that law enforcement uses because most people and underage people are trafficked over the Internet, and They can't account for 100,000 children. And sadly, I can say probably a large percentage of those children have ended up in the sex trade today. So I have very strong feelings that we've got to fix both sides of this fence, legal immigration, and close the border to stop illegal immigration. (32:14–32:23)

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Asserts that 100,000 children are unaccounted for and many are likely in the sex trade.

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