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Zoe Lofgren: this isn't a policy, it is the law, and has been the law since 1997 when we had the Flores case settled.

On the recordJune 24, 2014
this isn't a policy, it is the law, and has been the law since 1997 when we had the Flores case settled.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lofgren clarifies that catch and release is a legal requirement, not a policy choice.

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