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Ron Johnson: “We need something like 2.6 million workers per year just to…”

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

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Western Wisconsin Journal: Senate Candidate Ron Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 07:22

I mean, we would be in a really good position to have a. What probably needs to be a robust but controllable legal immigration system. Good for everybody. Good for. For our economy. We need something like 2.6 million workers per year just to grow at 3%. We're not even close to that birth rate. So we need a functioning legal immigration system where it's beneficial to everybody as opposed to the illegal system that is flooding our borders, opening up the lanes for the deadly drugs. (07:22–07:28)

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Asserts that the U.S. needs 2.6 million workers annually to achieve 3% economic growth.

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