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On the recordApril 27, 2010
What I think is a mistake is when we start having local law enforcement officials empowered to stop people on the suspicion that they may be undocumented workers, because that carries a great amount of risk that core values we all care about are breached.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama criticizes local law enforcement's ability to stop individuals based on suspicion of being undocumented.

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