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Glenn Grothman: “On a rolling average every year, we have about 800,000 new…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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And they try to set those of us up who want the current law enforced as being some mean people who won't let anybody in here. Right now, On a rolling average every year, we have about 800,000 new people sworn in as new citizens. 800,000. If you look at that historically, it is high. When I was a child, that number was around 200,000. So we are right now letting in legally a very high number. (06:26–06:34)

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Asserts that approximately 800,000 people are naturalized as U.S. citizens annually.

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