Essentially because the agency has told us that you can't enforce U.S. immigration law.
Summer Lee: “Essentially because the agency has told us that you can't enforce U.S. immigration law.”
On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
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Sheila Jackson Lee discusses issues related to enforcing immigration law.
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