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Ron Johnson: “In the first Trump administration, I was working with Mike…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson's 126th Telephone Town Hall: Addressing Government Shutdowns, Immigration, and Fiscal Policies

Published | Video Starts at 29:02

So I want to know what you are doing to encourage President Trump to hold true to his statements and I believe a promise that he made that these people would be given relief. So first of all, Ron, again, appreciate your question here. In the first Trump administration, I was working with Mike Lee, Jared Kushner and the administration on fixing our legal immigration system. Jared had a pretty good concept. President Trump actually unveiled in the Rose Garden, took up part of My suggestion of taking 100 visas down to six wore him on a metric basis. (29:02–29:11)

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