Mike Johnson: “If you don't end catch and release as a policy, if you don't…”

“And the reason is because we included each of those things. Because. Because by way of example, if you only reform one of those five provisions, If you don't end catch and release as a policy, if you don't reinstitute, remain in Mexico, if you only fix asylum or parole and not these other things, then you don't solve the problem. You don't stem the flow here. And again, that's the number one objective so that we can get a handle on this crisis.” (09:48–09:59)

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