I heard that nonsense at the Capitol that they, they have banned the word illegal down there. Oh, that was me. No, that was me. I was the one that forced that confrontation. They had a grant program to take taxpayer dollars and give it to migrants...not eligible for other forms of federal aid, AKA somebody that's here illegally. here illegally. Yeah. And I went down and I said, no, this is wrong. This is not why. (46:46–47:02)
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Asserts that a grant program was using taxpayer dollars to aid migrants ineligible for federal aid, implying they are illegal.
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