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Ron Johnson: “Trump in his first term, about a half a million [people were…”

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You know, the Obama administration, first Trump administration, you have to kind of throw out Biden. It was such an aberration. Obama, on average, they return or remove about 650,000 people a year. Trump in his first term, about a half a million [people were returned or removed]. It's lower than Obama this first year. There have been a little under 600,000 returns and removals. That's a lot. (00:17–00:22)

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Asserts that during Trump's first term, about 500,000 people were returned or removed.

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