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Ron Johnson: “As long as those incentives remain and we haven't secured…”

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

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Chairman Johnson speaking at HSGAC Hearing.

Published | Video Starts at 21:38

… an immigration enforcement bill that really does take a look at our current immigration laws and try to eliminate or at least drastically reduce the incentives for illegal immigration. Because As long as those incentives remain and we haven't secured the border, it's going to be right back to 1986. I mean, you can do whatever you want to do to grant amnesty or take executive action, but as long as we have those incentives in place and we don't have a secure border, we we're just going to make the problem worse. (21:38–21:46)

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Asserts that without removing incentives and securing the border, the situation will revert to pre-1986 conditions.

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