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'We Have To Stop Politicizing This': Kevin Stitt Defends Immigration Enforcement After Backlash

Published | Video Starts at 02:19

I think we need employers, employees, if you're not on welfare or government assistance or Medicaid, and we need to allow an employer to match up with that workforce, Maybe charge that employer $5,000 that can pay down the national debt and to incentivize them to hire Americans. But if they need that labor, we're overcomplicating this. Other countries have figured this out. Don't give them U.S. citizenship. But if you're going to have an employer employee relationship, we should be fixing that instead of politicizing this. (02:19–02:29)

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Suggests a policy where employers pay a fee for hiring foreign workers, which could reduce national debt.

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