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Ron Johnson: “We've had 109,000 come to this country illegally.”

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

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC VII border security hearing

Published | Video Starts at 07:53

Now, again, we can't really relate those returned versus when they came in, but that's just the return versus the children coming to this country. So in all, we've returned about 5.7%, about 6,248 unaccompanied children. We've had 109,000 come to this country illegally. Now, is that sending a signal to people in Central America that if as an unaccompanied child, you come into America, you got about a. (07:53–07:58)

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Asserts that 109,000 unaccompanied children have entered the U.S. illegally.

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