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Bennie Thompson: “Additionally, reducing the number of available immigration detention beds from 34,000 that we have today is no way to…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
Additionally, reducing the number of available immigration detention beds from 34,000 that we have today is no way to secure our borders.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson points out the risks of reducing immigration detention capacity.

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