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On the recordAugust 15, 2025
They’ve paid their debt, and I’ll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don’t know a soul.
Said by
Kathy Hochul
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Hochul defends her decision to pardon migrants with criminal histories.

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