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Ben Ray Luján: “So between 2002 and 2009, the beginning of the year, there have been no performance measures put together to be able to…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
So between 2002 and 2009, the beginning of the year, there have been no performance measures put together to be able to measure the success or failure of this program?
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Questioning the lack of performance measures for the 287(g) program since its inception.

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