'Do You Know How Much Illegal Immigration Costs Your State Each Year?': Brandon Gill Grills Pritzker

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At a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) grilled Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL).

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00:00I recognize this is Mr. Gill from Texas.

00:02Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

00:03Governor Pritzker, do you know how much illegal immigration costs your state each year?

00:10No, sir, I do not.

00:11It costs over $780 per family per year.

00:15That's a lot of money, isn't it?

00:18Yes, it is.

00:19And may I ask what do you mean by the cost of illegal immigration?

00:24Let me ask you, do you know who Franklin Jose Pina Ramos is?

00:29Are you talking about the federal government's cost to the state of Illinois as a result of the failed immigration policy?

00:36It's a yes or no question.

00:37I'll take that as a no.

00:38Do you know who Jose Martinez Rangel is?

00:42No, sir, I do not.

00:43You don't.

00:44You should.

00:45Those are two men who came into this country illegally, raped and murdered 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungary in my home state of Texas.

00:54Do you think that elected officials should have welcomed them into our communities?

00:58Sir, I, before they committed a crime, I'm not sure what you're asking.

01:06Do you think that they should have been welcomed into our communities?

01:09That's a very straightforward question.

01:10Someone who commits murder, no.

01:11Someone who commits murder should be apprehended.

01:13Why did you state during Biden's border crisis that illegal aliens, quote, should have been welcomed and helped by elected officials?

01:21When you say illegal aliens, these are people who have been welcomed and helped into our communities.

01:26People who are asylum seekers.

01:28That's an easy yes or no question.

01:29You're characterizing, mischaracterizing them.

01:31It is your position that they should have been welcomed into our communities.

01:35Is that correct?

01:36There were asylum seekers who were here legally.

01:39And then they went on and murdered and raped 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungary.

01:42Someone who commits murder should be held accountable.

01:44We do that in the state.

01:45And you think they should have been welcomed into our communities before they did?

01:49I don't know how you can tell before somebody commits a crime that they are going to commit a crime.

01:52You can secure the border and not let illegal aliens come into our communities.

01:56Do you support abolishing ICE?

01:57Asylum seekers.

01:58Do you support abolishing ICE?

02:01No, I believe we need an immigration force in the United States.

02:04You don't.

02:05You believe a budget is a moral document, is that correct?

02:08I do.

02:09You do.

02:09You tweeted that.

02:10You gave, your administration gave $12,000 to the Organized Communities Against Deportations,

02:17which just this past month was marching in the streets of Chicago with signs saying abolish ICE.

02:24Do you support this?

02:25I do not.

02:25Is this a reflection of your moral values?

02:28Is this a reflection of your moral values?

02:31I do not support abolishing an immigration force.

02:34That's good to hear.

02:35Is this a reflection of your moral values?

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02:39Is this a reflection of your moral values?

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02:44Is this a reflection of your moral values?

02:45Is this a reflection of your moral values?

02:46Is this a reflection of your moral values?

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02:49Is this a reflection of your moral values?

02:50Is this a reflection of your moral values?

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02:52Is this a reflection of your moral values?

02:53Is this a reflection of your moral values?

02:54Is this a reflection of your moral values?

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