At today's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) slammed Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) over his inability to give information about spending on illegal immigrants.
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00:00The light yields back, Chair, and I recognize Mr. Donalds from Florida.
00:04Thank you, Chairman. To piggyback off my colleague, Governor Pritzker, how much does the state of Illinois spend on illegal immigration every year?
00:11Again, illegal immigration, that's a federal responsibility. They could tell how much is wasted as a result of their failures.
00:18Governor, don't you keep track of how many people are on your Medicaid rolls, how many people who are illegal immigrants in the state of Illinois who are getting actually benefits in your state? Doesn't your government keep track of that?
00:29They don't get Medicaid in Illinois or any state as far as I know.
00:33Governor Pritzker, you do not keep track of any public service dollars in the state of Illinois that goes to illegal immigrants or goes to people in your state who are not legal residents of the United States and of the state of Illinois. You don't keep track of that?
00:45We absolutely keep track of our budget. We're very closely. In fact, it's been balanced for seven years in a row, unlike the Republican before me.
00:52You know, it's interesting. I noticed that in the state of Illinois, you guys don't really keep track of your money because I asked your mayor in Chicago a similar question about a month ago, and he didn't have an answer.
01:03It was quite interesting. I think this might be an Illinois problem.