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Hal Rogers: I don't know why we need the Customs and Border Protection organization or ICE or any of the others, even the Department…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
I don't know why we need the Customs and Border Protection organization or ICE or any of the others, even the Department if we are going to say that it is okay to use false documents, lying to obtain a job and then, on top of that, being illegally in the country.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky

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Rogers questions the effectiveness of immigration enforcement amid reports of released illegal workers.

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