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On the recordMay 10, 2023
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill would ``affect the legal status of about 4.4 million people who would be granted parole or asylum under current law.'' Parolees fleeing war in Ukraine and the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as those from Haiti and other failed countries in this hemisphere would be required to leave the United States, and CBO anticipates that ``half would reside unlawfully in the United States.'' Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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