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Mike Johnson: “I believe by my count we have about 16 million illegal…”

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

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Full interview Speaker Mike Johnson on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Published | Video Starts at 12:06

And that is the whole point. That has always been the whole point of the SAVE act and all the measures that we've tried to ensure. I believe by my count we have about 16 million illegal aliens in the country since Mayorkas and Harris and Biden opened the border wide. And because of that there's concern because those people are distributed all around the country. As you know, there's concern some of those people will try to participate in the elections. (12:06–12:14)

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Asserts belief that there are about 16 million illegal aliens in the U.S. due to border policies.

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