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Ron Johnson: “Local law enforcement used to have to shut down meth labs…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on the Race for Re-Election

Published | Video Starts at 03:55

I've been everywhere, man, for the last week, and everybody everywhere talks about the border. Yeah, it impacts Wisconsin in two ways. You know, first of all, the deadly drugs flowing into our cities. Now, Local law enforcement used to have to shut down meth labs, not anymore, because they've been put out of business by the drug cartels in Mexico. because the open border. Secondly, we need workers, we need farm workers, we need factory workers. We need a legal immigration system. (03:55–04:03)

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Asserts that drug cartels in Mexico have eliminated the need for local law enforcement to shut down meth labs.

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