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Tony Evers: “The idea that somehow we're going to send people home that…”

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Published December 8, 2024 | Video Starts at 09:31

Well, what we have to do is communicate, and we've started that communication process of how important immigrants are to our economy. And The idea that somehow we're going to send people home that are undocumented, it'll destroy our dairy industry and many other industries. And so what we've been doing is saying, pass that bill or something similar to that was available, let's solve this, and taking them away from their farm work or … (09:31–09:40)

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Asserts that deporting undocumented workers would harm Wisconsin's dairy and other industries.

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“We saw data just recently about how low taxed we are as [a] state.”
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“The idea that somehow they're just going to throw ours out and we're working from theirs is baloney.”
UPFRONT: Gov. Evers 1-on-1 | Uploaded December 8, 2024 | 04:05-04:13
“If their idea is that yes, we're going to spend, we're going to send every dollar back and run a deficit, that's obviously stupid.”
UPFRONT: Gov. Evers 1-on-1 | Uploaded December 8, 2024 | 04:44-04:55
“Badger care, you know, Medicaid expansion is still really important, so we're going to go for it.”
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“The idea that somehow we're just going to throw away $2 billion that would come from the federal government, that's not going to go away.”
UPFRONT: Gov. Evers 1-on-1 | Uploaded December 8, 2024 | 06:03-06:12
“Obviously, the only commitment we've made is money for UW system and that we will be putting in the budget.”
UPFRONT: Gov. Evers 1-on-1 | Uploaded December 8, 2024 | 06:21-06:30
“We went out of our way during the pandemic and post-pandemic to hire people in Rheinlander and all sorts of different places in the state…”
UPFRONT: Gov. Evers 1-on-1 | Uploaded December 8, 2024 | 07:36-07:53
“They had Republicans behind that bill.”
UPFRONT: Gov. Evers 1-on-1 | Uploaded December 8, 2024 | 10:13-10:16
“As far as taking people from farms and factories in this state that are the backbone of our economy, that will not work for us.”
UPFRONT: Gov. Evers 1-on-1 | Uploaded December 8, 2024 | 10:23-10:34
“Our ag industry and, and sterry in particular, and many of our manufacturers count on that labor, and if they decide that they're going to…”
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