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Chris Smith: I introduced a bill called Jacob's Law that would say that anyone who is engaged in human rights abuse against an…

On the recordDecember 17, 2012
I introduced a bill called Jacob's Law that would say that anyone who is engaged in human rights abuse against an American will be denied a visa to the United States.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses a bill to deny visas to human rights abusers.

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