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On the recordSeptember 29, 2020
The Green Light Law limits the Department's situational awareness at border crossings, interior checkpoints where high volumes of drug and human smuggling interdictions occur.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins argues the law hinders border security and situational awareness.

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