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Ron Johnson: “The murder rate in both New Orleans and Detroit are…”

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

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Senator Johnson at the Foreign Relations Committee

Published | Video Starts at 14:53

… and you look at the levels of violence in, in the sending areas, those are the most violent places in Central America. I did point out early in questioning that The murder rate in both New Orleans and Detroit are comparable to one or two of those countries in Central America. I don't have the graph right here. So we have violence as well. Just real quick, Ms. Nazario, what would you say is the goal, our short term achievable goal, to address the unaccompanied children problem? (14:53–15:02)

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Asserts that New Orleans and Detroit have murder rates comparable to certain Central American countries.

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