Ron Johnson: “Through eight months of this fiscal year, more than 400,000…”

“I think we should get our chart up here. You've all seen this. I've had to turn the piece of paper the long way through May. Through eight months of this fiscal year, more than 400,000 unaccompanied children or people coming in as families have crossed the border illegally and been apprehended and processed and basically dispersed. If we're to maintain May's rate, that number would exceed $800,000 by the end of fiscal year. In just four more months now, I think we've seen a slight decline based on the weekly numbers.” (07:24–07:41)

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