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On the recordJune 5, 2023
So there has been an interesting interpretation of Executive authority since January 2021 whereby our current administration, if it doesn't like an existing law, it uses Executive authority to find a way around that law.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins criticizes the current administration's use of executive power to bypass immigration laws.

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