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Jose Luis Correa: The 1996 laws dramatically expanded the definition of the category of deportable offenses known as aggravated felonies.

On the recordOctober 28, 2019
The 1996 laws dramatically expanded the definition of the category of deportable offenses known as aggravated felonies.
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Jose Luis Correa
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the punitive nature of 1996 immigration laws.

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