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Ron Johnson: “More than half [of the immigrant population] then actually…”

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

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Chairman Johnson speaking at HSGAC Hearing.

Published | Video Starts at 17:04

Back then you were saying about 3.9 million of 8.3 million. So less than half were actually in the underground economy. More than half [of the immigrant population] then actually were paying into the system in some way shape or form either with an illegal Social Security number or through the itin. Is that about what your estimates were in this current. That's correct. Yeah. Okay. It's actually a little bit higher than that at this point because back at our estimates … (17:04–17:12)

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Asserts that more than half of the immigrant population pays into the system using illegal Social Security numbers or ITINs.

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