Through the Chair, I would like to ask the Senator from Texas a question. He said repeatedly that the President is not enforcing the existing law. We all acknowledge that there is a humanitarian crisis on our border, and I think we agree more than we disagree, but I do want to question the Senator's premise. Will the Senator from Texas tell me which existing law the President is not enforcing that has created this crisis?
Dick Durbin: “Through the Chair, I would like to ask the Senator from Texas a question. He said repeatedly that the President is not…”
On the recordJune 26, 2014
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