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On the recordJuly 9, 2014
I would ask the junior Senator from Texas, surely the President understands the facts as we have laid them out here, the problems with the 2008 law, really, the flaw in that law. They have created a business model out of it because they realized these immigrants who come across will not be detained, either the children or many adults, women traveling with minor children, because there are not adequate detention facilities. I wonder if the Senator has an opinion why, if the President-- surrounded as he is with some pretty smart policy people, people such as Secretary Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of Homeland Security, whom I have had a conversation with about this very topic--hasn't sent over a request to actually fix the problem, as opposed to continuing to warehouse people?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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