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Edward M. Kennedy: It's a jungle on that border, a jungle on that border. And, every day we have -- we continue without this legislation…

On the recordJune 6, 2007
It's a jungle on that border, a jungle on that border. And, every day we have -- we continue without this legislation, we have these well-trained, well-disciplined, highly motivated border guards out there chasing people across the desert that are landscapers. They ought to be out there looking for the terrorists, the smugglers, the lawbreakers!
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts

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Senator Edward Kennedy criticizes the current state of border security and the need for immigration reform.

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