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On the recordSeptember 17, 2019
That terrorist threat is not one defined as merely immigration status but, rather, they are here to do serious violent acts to our population?
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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas

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Questions the definition of terrorist threats in relation to immigration status.

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