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Ted Cruz: “The government estimates that as many as 1 million…”

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

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Somebody was impersonating him, moving through the world as Dan Kluver, building a life in his name with a government issued id. His problem was one version of a problem that's been spreading across the country for years. The government estimates that as many as 1 million undocumented workers are using fraudulent or stolen Social Security numbers. Let me repeat that. The government estimates that as many as 1 million undocumented workers are are using fraudulent or stolen Social Security numbers a survival tactic. Of course, it's survivor tactic. (20:03–20:12)

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Asserts that the government estimates 1 million undocumented workers use fraudulent or stolen Social Security numbers.

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