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Patrick Kennedy: let us just make it clear here, the idea is, the Attorney General still has discretion to reject these countries based…

On the recordMarch 25, 1998
let us just make it clear here, the idea is, the Attorney General still has discretion to reject these countries based upon any concerns that she may have with respect to these issues that, I might say, are ancillary. You are talking process now with the machine. What we are talking is substance. We are talking about letting families come over here when their family members have a family event. If it is a happy event, they come over for that.
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Patrick Kennedy
Rhode Island

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Discussing the discretion of the Attorney General regarding family immigration during a floor speech.

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