Gavin Newsom: “47% of this state is foreign born.”

“Who sees what's happening and you know, who have set up their entire lives here, who built their families here, who are, who are members in good standing of their communities here, paying their taxes. 47% of this state is foreign born. You've got mixed status families with good people been working decade plus hard workers that are not criminals. You want to go after the criminals, that's fine.” (09:43–09:46)

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