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Rick Perry: If we are going to be a country that respects the rule of law, and if we are ever going to have a conversation about…

On the recordJune 23, 2014
If we are going to be a country that respects the rule of law, and if we are ever going to have a conversation about immigration reform... it will never happen until you secure the border.
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Rick Perry

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Perry argues that immigration reform is contingent on securing the border first.

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