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Mike Johnson: “By our estimation, it's probably close to 20 million illegal…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 16:36

Is this administration overreaching and creating not just policy harms but political risks? Well, I can tell you that the focus has been on the dangerous illegal aliens. By our estimation, it's probably close to 20 million illegal aliens came across the border over the four years of Joe Biden. who professed to me personally and publicly that he had no power whatsoever to change. That was obviously nonsense because President Trump sealed that border closed within just a couple of months. (16:36–16:44)

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Asserts that approximately 20 million illegal aliens crossed the border during Joe Biden's presidency.

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