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John F. Kelly: There are 690,000 official DACA registrants. And the president sent over what amounts to be two and a half times that…

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
There are 690,000 official DACA registrants. And the president sent over what amounts to be two and a half times that number to 1.8 million. The difference between 690,000 and 1.8 million were the people that some would say were too afraid to sign up, others would say were too lazy to get off their asses, but they didn't sign up.
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John F. Kelly

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Kelly discusses the discrepancy in DACA registrants and makes a controversial remark about some Dreamers being too lazy to apply.

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