The key is if we have apprehended someone and we are returning them back to their country, is there no way to be able to complete the records to say that those records, now we know more about this individual, we have apprehended them, we have our records, we obviously are turning that information over to them who we think we have, but they are not sharing their information with us.
James Lankford: “The key is if we have apprehended someone and we are returning them back to their country, is there no way to be able to…”
On the recordApril 21, 2015
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Lankford questions the lack of data exchange with countries during deportations.
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