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Jeff Sessions: “How about the situation--isn't it true that if you have a spouse in Colombia, let us say, that spouse would go to the…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
How about the situation--isn't it true that if you have a spouse in Colombia, let us say, that spouse would go to the U.S. consulate on Colombia and would present a marriage certificate or some document that virtually every nation in the world provides for people who are actually in a heterosexual marriage relationship, right?
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions discusses documentation challenges for marriage recognition in immigration.

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