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Jeh Johnson: “It is physically impossible to shut down a 1,900-mile border.”

On the recordMarch 31, 2019
It is physically impossible to shut down a 1,900-mile border.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Jeh Johnson explains the impracticality of shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border and the potential negative consequences of such actions.

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