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Ron Johnson: “Democrats exploited credible fear in immigration law, a low…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:21

I don't know your reaction to that. And if there's anything else on your laundry list that you think we need to get done. Well, the major thing Democrats exploited credible fear in immigration law, a low standard compared to asylum. which is kind of hard to prove. And so we've got to get that initial hurdle much closer to the general asylum standard. That should be a reasonably easy fix, not really complex legislatively. (03:21–03:31)

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