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Mike Rogers: “I was in Iowa. They were talking about last year…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

Mike Rogers talks to voters about abortion, opioid crisis, America's greatest threat

Published May 5, 2023 | Video Starts at 13:56

You go home, and we can really tighten this down and then give them an opportunity to send money home to their families and also fill a huge need in this country for labor that we just don't have. I was in Iowa. They were talking about last year, strawberries rotten in the field. They couldn't get people to get them. We have a way around this. We have a solution for this that gives us a secure border and gives these people some opportunity. (13:56–14:02)

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Asserts that there was a labor shortage in Iowa causing strawberries to rot in the field last year.

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