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Hal Rogers: “my good friend from Texas is correct. The Department has failed to take corrective action, and that is why this act will…”

On the recordMay 17, 2005
my good friend from Texas is correct. The Department has failed to take corrective action, and that is why this act will withhold $50 million in funding until the Department submits a detention and removal plan that addresses these issues in a more comprehensive manner. Already this year, the border patrol has apprehended over 75,000 illegals, Other Than Mexicans, more than twice the number of apprehensions compared to this same time last year; and we still have 5 months to go.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky
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