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On the recordApril 29, 2009
It became amnesty and was probably the most specific reason why the comprehensive immigration legislation went down.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Kyl identifies the path to citizenship as a key issue that led to the failure of immigration reform.

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