And we're just sitting back and allowing it to happen is not right. So I'm a believer in enforcing the law and I'm also a believer in enforcing a border. And I criticized President Biden. I wrote a public letter about it when it was happening during his administration, that we needed to do more and that the federal government, if we're going to let all these people in and they're showing up in Chicago and in Illinois, the federal government's got to help us out more. And they didn't do enough and they didn't do enough at the border. I mean, we have a, we had a real problem and we needed to do something about the border. (28:19–28:36)
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Asserts that JB Pritzker criticized President Biden for inadequate federal support on immigration issues affecting Illinois.
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