The status quo, to the degree that this administration, and, frankly, others, have deliberately chosen not to enforce the law, that is kind of a de facto amnesty, yes.
Kris Kobach: “The status quo, to the degree that this administration, and, frankly, others, have deliberately chosen not to enforce…”
On the recordApril 21, 2013
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Kobach discusses the current administration's lack of law enforcement as a form of amnesty.
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