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Mike Erickson: “It's going to be a larger agency than Homeland Security.”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6

Published | Video Starts at 56:09

… years when people, the new 87,000 IR's agents, start auditing peoples tax returns, you're creating an agency out there under this bill, which I don't like, 87,000 new IR's agents. It's going to be a larger agency than Homeland Security. I think those resources should have been reapplied to Homeland Security, the southern border to maybe immigration so we could process work visas faster. That's where those dollars should have gone to. (56:09–56:12)

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