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Mike Johnson: “They apprehended this guy, the murderer, and they let him…”

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

Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks to Press After House Vote to Fund Department of Homeland Security

Published March 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:58

Joe Biden had the border wide open. The Democrats had in the White House in the last administration left the border wide open. They apprehended this guy, the murderer, and they let him go. And then he went to Chicago. Why there? Because that's a sanctuary city. They arrested him there for another crime and they put him out on the streets again. (01:58–02:02)

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