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Ron Johnson: “The largest group on record now 1000 people coming in…”

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

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Chairman Johnson discusses border crisis at 6/26 hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:23

I think something like 19,000 people held at border patrol facilities that according to the now former director of CBP or Border Patrol, the capacity is only 4,000. But trying to process people as quickly as possible. The largest group on record now 1000 people coming in through El Paso. and trying to process them, complete their A file, turn them over to ice. There's a backlog there because ICE doesn't have enough capacity facility to hold it. (04:23–04:27)

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Asserts that the largest group on record, 1,000 people, entered through El Paso.

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