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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Now, if you caught those people at the border, that would be one thing, but they are now in our criminal justice system.

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
Now, if you caught those people at the border, that would be one thing, but they are now in our criminal justice system.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses the status of individuals in the criminal justice system.

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