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Dick Durbin: “Under our Constitution, States do not have the right to pass their own laws preempting Federal laws on immigration.”

On the recordApril 23, 2012
Under our Constitution, States do not have the right to pass their own laws preempting Federal laws on immigration.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin argues against state laws overriding federal immigration laws.

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