Far From Southern Border, Illegal Immigration Is Hurting Idaho, Lawmaker Says

Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, isn't from a southern border state, but he says illegal immigration still adversely affects the Gem State.

"I mean, drug- and sex-trafficking impacts everyone," Fulcher says.

"And we're feeling the effects of that," he adds. "Our citizens, our taxpayers as well. We have to pay for services through federal taxes that are being expended here. We have a very large dairy and egg industry. The dairy industry in particular has relied upon immigrants for a lot of the labor, and that's not always been legal."

He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss those issues.

Plus, he weighs in on vaccine passports and his perspective of the Biden administration four months in.

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