They just chose not to. Then there's some that have been here underneath the Biden administration that took advantage of an open border. And Those individuals didn't really come over here because they needed a protective status. They came over here because they were taking advantage of a weak leadership. So what we want, and the president has made this very clear, those that are coming to this country legally, they need to be able to contribute to the, to the, to the United States, not be a burden on the taxpayers. (01:10–01:17)
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