Well, you know that this was a decision made under the authority of Homeland Security and prosecutorial authority which has nothing to do with the presidential authority per se.
Summer Lee: “Well, you know that this was a decision made under the authority of Homeland Security and prosecutorial authority which…”
On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
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Jackson Lee clarifies that immigration decisions are under Homeland Security's authority, not presidential.
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