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Ron Johnson: “This is a problem we have not solved.”

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Sen. Johnson at HSGAC Hearing

Published November 30, 2016 | Video Starts at 04:09

I am taking a considerable amount of resources and agents from away from the border to take care of this. This is a problem we have not solved. And I'll quote back in July 9, 2014, when Chairman Karp at the time called a hearing on this, Senator Carper said, how do we change the mindset to turn … (04:09–04:11)

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Asserts that the problem of illegal immigration has not been solved.

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