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John Conyers: “It would make it a crime, potentially a felony, to be an undocumented immigrant in this country.”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
It would make it a crime, potentially a felony, to be an undocumented immigrant in this country.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers highlights the criminalization of undocumented immigrants in proposed legislation.

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