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On the recordMay 17, 2011
It is incredibly unfair that if you happen to be an immigrant from a country who is cooperative on removal, then you are likely to be detained, you are likely to be removed.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn highlights the unfairness in immigration detention based on cooperation of home countries.

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