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On the recordJuly 20, 2009
I think, as you noted, 5 percent, people estimate, of workers in America are illegal, so this is not over-catching the people, apparently.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions discusses the accuracy of the E-Verify system regarding illegal workers.

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