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On the recordDecember 15, 2022
the courts have gotten way to involved and what traditionally has been an area where the courts defer to the political branches of government to the point where our policy is muddled and confusing
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Jeh Johnson discusses the involvement of courts in immigration policy and how it complicates the system.

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