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Antonio Villaraigosa: “Absolutely not. You can't have it both ways. He says he doesn't want to mass deport 11 million people, but he wants to…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
Absolutely not. You can't have it both ways. He says he doesn't want to mass deport 11 million people, but he wants to make conditions so miserable, so intolerable, so oppressive that they self-deport.
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Antonio Villaraigosa

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Villaraigosa defends President Obama's immigration policy against criticism, emphasizing the need for comprehensive reform.

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