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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
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.
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Kris Kobach
Kansas

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Kobach discusses the current administration's lack of law enforcement as a form of amnesty.

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