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Ron Johnson: “A high percentage of [special interest aliens] are Cubans…”

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

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Newsmax Prime | Sen. Ron Johnson continues the discussion about the Russian plane crash

Published | Video Starts at 04:47

Are you concerned that terrorists are using our poorest southern border to put cells in the United States? I'm highly concerned. We were down in Guatemala and Honduras. I heard a new term, SIAs, special interest aliens. Now A high percentage of [special interest aliens] are Cubans because of our immigration policies. that if you got a, you step on dry land as a Cuban, you're home free here in America. But included in that category now they are being picked up Syrians Somalis, Pakistanis. (04:47–04:52)

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Asserts that many special interest aliens are Cubans due to U.S. immigration policies.

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