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Claire McCaskill: “I do not understand, for the life of me, how anybody with ICE would not want to prioritize someone who had been…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2017
I do not understand, for the life of me, how anybody with ICE would not want to prioritize someone who had been previously deported for a felony drug conviction.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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Questioning ICE's lack of prioritization for deported felons.

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