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On the recordDecember 2, 2015
that type of backlog of cases really amounts to de facto amnesty, because a lot of individuals that are in this country, perhaps illegally, to remain here without any repercussion as their cases are stuck in administrative limbo.
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John Ratcliffe
Republican · Texas

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Ratcliffe describes the backlog of immigration cases as effectively granting amnesty.

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