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Summer Lee: A sanctuary city is not the choosing of the Secretary of Homeland Security, it is states' rights.

On the recordJuly 13, 2015
A sanctuary city is not the choosing of the Secretary of Homeland Security, it is states' rights.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

She clarifies that the designation of sanctuary cities is determined by states, not federal officials.

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