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On the recordMay 8, 2013
Over 40 percent of the people that are in the country illegally didn't cross a border.
Said by
Lou Barletta
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Barletta highlights that many illegal immigrants overstay their visas rather than crossing borders.

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