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On the recordFebruary 27, 2007
I think I would work myself onto that group of people coming across that southern border rather than try to get qualified through an intense vetting process.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King expresses skepticism about the vetting process for Iraqi refugees and suggests that terrorists might avoid it.

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