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Ron Johnson: “President Bush's second term had about 1.2 million…”

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

Senator Johnson at the Foreign Relations Committee

Published July 17, 2014 | Video Starts at 10:00

In his first term, President Obama had about 1.58 million removals, 1.6 million returns, for a total of 3.2 million what I would consider deportations, … President Bush's second term had about 1.2 million removals... 3.8 million returns... total... 5 million removals and returns. … under President Obama in President Bush's entire term, both terms, There are about 10.3 million removals and returns. So I just. Just don't think we're. (10:00–10:24)

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Asserts the number of removals and returns under President Bush’s second term.

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“President Obama had about 1.58 million removals, 1.6 million returns, for a total of 3.2 million what I would consider deportations.”
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“In President Bush's entire term, both terms, there are about 10.3 million removals and returns.”
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“The murder rate in both New Orleans and Detroit are comparable to one or two of those countries in Central America.”
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“Secretary Johnson said it would be 90,000 potentially by the end of this fiscal year, over 100,000 by the beginning of 2015.”
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“So that's a rate of 9.6%. So more than 90% of those children are still in this country.”
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“In 2008, we spent 17 and a half billion dollars on those programs.”
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