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Dick Durbin: “Well I can tell you if you think that we can deport 11 million people without dramatic negative impacts on individuals…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2014
Well I can tell you if you think that we can deport 11 million people without dramatic negative impacts on individuals, families and our economy than I do not believe you are in the world of reality.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the unrealistic consequences of mass deportation.

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