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Eric Hovde: “We need to close our border because of the humanitarian…”

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

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Eric Hovde interview, WUWM radio

Published | Video Starts at 29:01

Do you agree with Trumps mass deportation proposal, and how do you intend to help businesses that currently rely on migrant work? Well, from the day one, I have said not only do We need to close our border because of the humanitarian crisis they've created, the fentanyl crisis that they've created, the modern day slavery that they've created in our country. and a whole raft of issues. But I've also said from day one we have to fix our legal immigration process, and we have a broken legal immigration process, and I think we have to get that fixed quickly. (29:01–29:16)

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Asserts that the open border has caused humanitarian, fentanyl, and modern-day slavery crises.

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