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Jeh Johnson: “More surveillance, more technology, and there's a public messaging aspect of this too, which is if you come here, you're…”

On the recordMay 31, 2016
More surveillance, more technology, and there's a public messaging aspect of this too, which is if you come here, you're apprehended at the border and you're a recent arrival, we have to send you back.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Jeh Johnson discusses the measures needed to improve border security and deportation processes.

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