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Joe Cunningham: Many of us feel that the Sanchez-Dornan seat was stolen. I will be specific. I will give my colleagues a classic…

On the recordJuly 28, 1997
Many of us feel that the Sanchez-Dornan seat was stolen. I will be specific. I will give my colleagues a classic example. In the city of San Diego, they had 5,000 new citizens sworn in. At that time, a gentleman from the Republican Party asked the INS if they could establish tables like they always have, but this was an extra large one and they were told no, that this was so large that they were not going to allow anyone to register new citizens in either party. The Republican Party went down there the day of, anyway, and there were 12 Democrat tables set up and no Republican tables had been allowed in. Then we have the case of the pushing in of new citizens and waiving background checks to the point where we have thousands, thousands, of people that were let in as new citizens that were felons. I am not talking just little felons, I am talking rapists, murderers, and so on.
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

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Addressing concerns about election integrity and citizenship registration practices.

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