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Ron Johnson: “It'll cost us over $2 billion just to take care of these…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Morning Journal

Published | Video Starts at 23:38

Well, obviously it's tragedy, and my definition of a real problem solutions aren't going to be particularly easy. But one of the things we're hearing is that It'll cost us over $2 billion just to take care of these children. And let's face it, we're a compassionate society. We're going to try and do everything we can to take care of them. But again, that gets me back to the main point. (23:38–23:43)

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Asserts that the cost to care for unaccompanied children at the border is over $2 billion.

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