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On the recordJanuary 28, 2024
This is a new authority to say, when we can no longer detain and deport, when we can't process the people and actually make a decision right there at the border, then we'll actually turn those folks back around to Mexico.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Explaining new border authority in immigration deal.

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