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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMay 7, 2012
Using apprehensions as a measure of progress tells us an incomplete story, really.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
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McCaul critiques reliance on apprehensions to gauge border security effectiveness.

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