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Xavier Becerra: “As my Texas colleague and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith, has said, perhaps the most valid criticism…”

On the recordApril 13, 2011
As my Texas colleague and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith, has said, perhaps the most valid criticism of E-Verify is the identity theft loophole.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

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Becerra references Smith's criticism of E-Verify's vulnerability to identity theft.

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