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On the recordMay 3, 2022
You don't need to explain what it is to me. My question to you is when the Administration lifts it and you're already at more than a million illegal encounters this year, what are you going to do because that number's going to go up dramatically?
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Hoeven questions the administration's plan amid rising illegal encounters.

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