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On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
Forty percent of the people that are in the country illegally didn't cross a border; they came here on a visa, the visa expired, and they disappeared into the system and we can't find them.
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Lou Barletta
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Barletta highlights visa overstays as a significant source of illegal immigration.

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