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Chris Murphy: “We do not have a dysfunctional immigration system. that does not permit us to know who we let into our country.”

On the recordNovember 30, 2016
We do not have a dysfunctional immigration system. that does not permit us to know who we let into our country.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy argues against the notion of a dysfunctional immigration system.

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