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Ron Johnson: “During the 2019 crisis, we're up to 7 and 8,000 people per…”

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

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Real America Season 2, Episode 12: Senator Ron Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 15:59

And of course now we have this flow. Obama's humanitarian crisis was 2,000 a day. Trump had one month was over 4,000. But basically he was dealing with a little over 3,000 a day. During the 2019 crisis, we're up to 7 and 8,000 people per day coming to this country illegally. And of course last year about a million a quarter people were processed and dispersed or they were known gotaways. A million a quarter. That's a number larger than the size of eight states population. (15:59–16:08)

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