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Eric Hovde: “We don't know how many have come in, but it's flooded our…”

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

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Wisconsin U.S. Senate Debate

Published | Video Starts at 21:00

Most importantly, stay in Mexico. Over 3 million came in the first year. Over 3 million the second year, over 4 million the next year. We don't know how many have come in, but it's flooded our streets with fentanyl. We have criminals that have entered into our country and it's created a humanitarian crisis. I fought against sex trafficking for almost 20 years and they can't account for 300,000 children. (21:00–21:05)

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Asserts that an unknown number of people have entered the country, leading to fentanyl flooding the streets.

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