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Ron Johnson: “The result of [President Obama's] memorandum was the…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Your World w/ Neil Cavuto

Published | Video Starts at 02:41

You'll need less fencing, less surveillance, you'll need less border patrol agents than if you continue down this path of deferring action and actually increasing the incentives. That's what President Obama did with the deferred action on Childhood Admissions. The result of [President Obama's] memorandum was the flooding of the border with all these kids out of Central America. So we've got to stop the flow. That's the first achievable goal of policy. Well, then let me ask you, if the president still goes through with his plan via … (02:41–02:46)

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Asserts that Obama's memorandum led to increased child immigration from Central America.

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