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On the recordJuly 21, 2014
Very clear impressions there, that as we deal with border enforcement issues part of our reality in being hamstrung in our ability to enforce is that we have public lands along that border that are held by the Department of Interior in refuge and wilderness status.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski highlights enforcement difficulties caused by public land designations at the border.

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