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Zoe Lofgren: The creation of expedited removal... allows people apprehended at our ports, along the borders, and in some cases, in…

On the recordDecember 11, 2013
The creation of expedited removal... allows people apprehended at our ports, along the borders, and in some cases, in the interior, to be deported with little due process.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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Lofgren highlights the due process issues with expedited removal in immigration law.

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