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Mike Rogers: “We have spent something like $450 billion on taking care of…”

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

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Debate Night in Michigan: US Senate candidates discuss the issues

Published | Video Starts at 49:27

You can't vote against sanctuary cities. You can't. You cannot do the things that you've been doing and allowing 10 million people to come into our country. We've We have spent something like $450 billion on taking care of illegals, room and board and phones and health care. That's enough money to pay for every Michigan teacher and every Michigan state trooper for 50, 15 years. The fentanyl that's coming across the border has killed almost 3,000 Michigan citizens every year. (49:27–49:37)

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Asserts that the U.S. has spent approximately $450 billion on services for illegal immigrants.

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