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On the recordDecember 6, 2011
Do you think it might be a good idea for this Congress to come back and revisit that and perhaps draw that distinction so it would be easier for the prosecutorial discretion appliers to determine between a dangerous and a nondangerous visa overstayer?
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King suggests Congress should clarify laws on visa overstays.

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