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Rob Portman: “We do not enforce the laws in the sense that what the laws say is that we are supposed to detain people pending the…”

On the recordMay 4, 2022
We do not enforce the laws in the sense that what the laws say is that we are supposed to detain people pending the process of asylum, and we do not do that.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman critiques the enforcement of asylum laws and detention practices.

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