Ron Johnson: “Israel was being, you know, had a real problem with illegal…”

“You were in Israel. You say there's a lesson about wall and border security that you learned there that we need to take back here. Israel was being, you know, had a real problem with illegal immigrants coming in from the southern border. About 16,000 in one year. In two years, they constructed 143 mile fence, about $2.9 million per mile. And it cut that illegal immigration rate from about 16,000 to I think 18, cut it by 99%. Fencing, walls work. And so we need to learn the lessons from Israel. They are under a constant state of threat, threat of terrorism. They've dealt with it pretty effectively.” (05:03–05:25)

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