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David Vitter: “In particular, on the point you were making regarding funding for enforcement, are you aware of the CRS letter and…”

On the recordJune 27, 2007
In particular, on the point you were making regarding funding for enforcement, are you aware of the CRS letter and report which says that $4.4 billion, or at least much of it, can go to the Z visa and the Y visa program, and that it is not clear at all that the trigger provisions have to be met and that certification has to happen before those funds can instead be used for the Z visa program versus enforcement?
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Questioning funding allocations in immigration reform legislation.

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