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Ron Johnson: “8 million people in this country, undocumented, that are in…”

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

Sen. Johnson talks Iran, border crisis on State of the Union

Published July 21, 2019 | Video Starts at 07:38

So I think there is goodwill in the Senate to try and fix this problem. But all the components, I mean, what do you do with the 8 million people in this country, undocumented, that are in the workforce. You know, you have the dreamers. What do you do with the 1.1, 1.1. 1.2 million people have come in since 2012, DACA as part of the family unit. (07:38–07:42)

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Asserts that there are 8 million undocumented people in the U.S. workforce.

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