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On the recordJuly 23, 2014
40 percent of the people here in this country illegally... all of the ones that perpetrated the 9/11 attack came here legally.
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia

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Broun discusses the issue of visa overstays contributing to illegal immigration.

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