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Lamar Smith: “The President's proposed amnesty led to a surge last year in illegal immigrants coming from Central America”

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
The President's proposed amnesty led to a surge last year in illegal immigrants coming from Central America
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Lamar Smith
Republican · Texas

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Smith criticizes the President's amnesty policy for increasing illegal immigration.

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