Derrick Van Orden: “That's 5.8 million people. That is the entire population of…”

“The second reason I came up here, to put these things into perspective. There's been 4.6 million apprehensions on the border since Joe Biden has taken office. There's been 1.2 million gotaways. Add that up, That's 5.8 million people. That is the entire population of the state of Wisconsin has either been interdicted or entered this country illegally since Joe Biden has taken office. That's unsustainable, and it is absolutely unacceptable. We've had three pounds of fentanyl interdicted in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 12 pounds in Appleton, right outside of my district.” (00:43–00:54)

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