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Ron Johnson: “40% of illegal immigrants are here on visa overstay.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Morning Journal

Published | Video Starts at 20:48

I mean, you actually have to increase border security, but you need to reduce or eliminate those incentives for illegal crossings. You actually have to have a functioning guest worker program. You have to have interior enforcement. You know, 40% of illegal immigrants are here on visa overstay. So there's a whole host of things that we need to do. We need to start there first, action, secure the border. Then we talk about the other things. (20:48–20:52)

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Asserts that 40% of illegal immigrants in the U.S. are due to visa overstays.

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