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On the recordMarch 19, 2013
And, Ms. Stampp, if they do not have access to counsel--and in a majority of cases they do not--then where do immigrants in these circumstances turn?
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
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Coons questions the lack of legal counsel for immigrants.

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