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On the recordMarch 29, 2023
People in this building often pretend that you have the legal ability to just keep denying entry to migrants indefinitely under Title 42. You don't.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy challenges the misconception about the legal status of Title 42.

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