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On the recordApril 6, 2006
I would certainly agree with him that we have to enforce our law, and that's an important part of my responsibilities. But whenever you look at a family that's been here, that came in here for a job six years ago, they've had two children born to their family. Do you jerk the parents up and send them back to their home country and leave the two children here that are U.S. citizens? Those are the problems that we're dealing with every day.

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Asa Hutchinson addresses the complexities of enforcing immigration laws while considering the impact on families.

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