I ask to put into the record this statement from the constitutional lawyers that this is unconstitutional, the order by Sessions and the President of the United States to penalize cities and deny them their money.
Summer Lee: “I ask to put into the record this statement from the constitutional lawyers that this is unconstitutional, the order by…”
On the recordMarch 27, 2017
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Jackson Lee criticizes the constitutionality of the order penalizing cities for non-cooperation with ICE.
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