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Kristi Noem: “It has cost the citizens of Illinois $1.6 billion.”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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Kristi Noem's Address on Sanctuary Policies and Victims of Illegal Alien Crimes in Illinois

Published | Video Starts at 03:41

Since 2017, Illinois has been a sanctuary state. The results have been absolutely disastrous for people who live here. In 2020, Governor Pritzker expanded access to taxpayer funded free health care for illegal aliens. It has cost the citizens of Illinois $1.6 billion. He has been incentivizing illegals to come here and to live in this state. In 2021, Pritzker ordered local officials to stop cooperating and working with our ICE officers. (03:41–03:46)

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Asserts that the expansion of taxpayer-funded free health care for illegal aliens has cost Illinois citizens $1.6 billion.

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