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Ron Johnson: “We had under testimony, hsi witness said that a child was…”

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

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Sen. Johnson Discusses Border Crisis on Fox News @ Night

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

And we're highly concerned that a pretty high percentage of those families units are fraudulent families where you have an adult. We had under testimony, hsi witness said that a child was sold for $84. When I was down at the border, there was reports of a three year old boy just abandoned in a field, I guess when his fraudulent parent didn't need him anymore. (01:06–01:13)

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Asserts that a child was reportedly sold for $84, according to testimony.

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