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Dick Durbin: “What are the standards that are applied in those circumstances?”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
What are the standards that are applied in those circumstances?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin questions the standards for deportation when no criminal threat exists.

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