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Jeff Sessions: “You said if John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan or Eugene O'Neill were trying to enter the United States today, they would…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2006
You said if John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan or Eugene O'Neill were trying to enter the United States today, they would have to enter illegally.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama
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congress.gov
Jul 12, 2006

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Senator Sessions comments on historical figures and immigration.

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