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Ted Cruz: “Removing illegal aliens from federal government welfare…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz Discusses Immigration Policies, National Guard Deployment, and Economic Legislation on Ion Politics

Published | Video Starts at 15:02

I know you discussed one that would produce 1.1 trillion over a 10 year period as far as the payments to banks, but what's the other 2 trillion? Yeah, I broke down a whole series of spending cuts. So, for example, Removing illegal aliens from federal government welfare benefits, that saves hundreds of billions of dollars. That is a major cost saving. Another is expanding work requirements to receive federal benefits. I think work requirements are incredibly helpful and beneficial for young, healthy people. (15:02–15:08)

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Asserts that removing illegal aliens from welfare benefits would save hundreds of billions of dollars.

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