Barack Obama said "None -- zero -- have ever been detained or deported because of concerns about links to terrorism." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 19, 2015

None -- zero -- have ever been detained or deported because of concerns about links to terrorism.

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Josh Earnest and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes

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