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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
If the President can, through discretion, simply refuse to enforce a major portion of immigration laws as it concerns millions of individuals, what other laws can the President unilaterally refuse to enforce?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz questions the limits of presidential discretion in enforcing laws.

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