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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
Each of those deportations, Mr. Speaker, cost you and I, cost American taxpayers, approximately $15,000. So guess who is paying for the 2 million deportations? Guess what is one of the growing causes of our deficit spending? Our broken immigration system.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado
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Dec 11, 2013

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