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Bill Cassidy: “If there is someone who has committed a crime who is here illegally, commits a crime, goes into--and/or as an ICE…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
If there is someone who has committed a crime who is here illegally, commits a crime, goes into--and/or as an ICE detainee or as otherwise a ward of the State or the Federal Government, I gather that when they are released from detention, even if they have committed a crime, if they have done their time, they are not automatically deported.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy questions the deportation process for illegal immigrants who commit crimes.

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