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Mike Johnson: “There's about 20 million people who crossed that border when…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 23:44

And that's because you have strong leadership. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that's what ICE stands for. Don't forget, they're enforcing federal law. They're enforcing the federal immigration law. There's about 20 million people who crossed that border when it was wide open for four years. A lot of them are very dangerous people that need to be round up and sent right back home. And they're doing their very dead level best to do that. (23:44–23:49)

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Asserts that approximately 20 million people crossed the U.S. border during a four-year period when it was open.

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