The leftist government at work ... I saw The Green Mile on TV last night. This country is unfortunately walking the mile.
Question: So, you talked about cost. What's the rough cost to American taxpayers, since the roughly four million people have come into this country illegally since January of 2021, as those people show up in community hospitals, as they enter the school system, as they get other government help? Do you have a taxpayer cost?
Secretary Mayorkas: Let me turn that question around a little bit, because I'm going to turn it around to match the question that an international partner asked of me. And the question that the international partner asked of me is, what is the economic cost of your broken immigration system? Since there are businesses around this country that are desperate for workers. There are desperate workers looking for jobs, desperate workers in foreign countries that are looking for jobs in the United States, where they can earn money lawfully and send much needed remittances back home. What is the cost of a broken immigration system? That is the question that I am asked, and that is the question that I pose to Congress, because it is extraordinary.
Question: Do you have any cost that the taxpayers are paying now?
Secretary Mayorkas: I believe I have addressed your question.
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