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On the recordJuly 27, 2009
If it is a foreign national, I do not believe the individual would have a creditable claim that he cannot be detained under the alien removal statute.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Kyl discusses the constitutional claims of foreign nationals regarding detention.

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