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Paul Babeu: He's setting priorities within the laws, and he's targeting who? Of the 14 million illegals who are here, the million…

On the recordFebruary 20, 2017
He's setting priorities within the laws, and he's targeting who? Of the 14 million illegals who are here, the million criminal illegals, 74 percent of which have felony convictions.
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Paul Babeu

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Babeu discusses the focus of immigration enforcement on criminal illegals.

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