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Derrick Van Orden: “There's been 1.2 million gotaways.”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Speaks at the Border

Published | Video Starts at 00:40

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. (00:40–00:43)

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