Ron Johnson: “If May's pace continues, in the next four months, we'll…”

“… children, but primarily people coming in as part of a family, entered illegally and were apprehended. Through the first eight months of this year, we're already over 400,000 individuals. And If May's pace continues, in the next four months, we'll double that. We'll be over 800,000. Now, hopefully the actions that Mexico has taken, the additional National Guards troops will act as a deterrent and that flow will be reduced and we won't see those number.” (02:23–02:29)

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