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Eric Hovde: “They can't track 100,000 children. Sadly, many of them have…”

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

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WMC Candidate Interview Series: Eric Hovde | US Senate Candidate

Published | Video Starts at 11:58

So there's so many layers to this issue and the only ones that are benefiting from it are the drug cartels and human trafficking cartels. And, you know, it's a humanitarian crisis. They can't track 100,000 children. Sadly, many of them have probably ended up into the sex trade. So there's so many problems with opening our border, national security risk. So we need to close our border, fix legal immigration, do entitlement reform so businesses have Americans that can fill these jobs. (11:58–12:05)

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Asserts that 100,000 children are untracked and potentially involved in the sex trade due to border issues.

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