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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
If you were told a sex offender has a job working with children and if you have the legal authority to detain him on immigration violations, why would anyone wait a month and a half before taking action?
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley questions the delay in detaining a sex offender.

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