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On the recordMay 7, 2024
To equate their lawless behavior with law abiding, hardworking, and patriotic legal immigrants is outrageous, and my colleagues who do so should be ashamed of themselves.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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He condemns the comparison of illegal immigrants to legal ones as disrespectful.

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