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On the recordNovember 4, 2015
I would note with regard to Kate's Law, the senior Senator from California just said that going overboard and punishing everyone is not something we should do. This is reprising the same thing the Democratic leader said--that somehow incarcerating aggravated felons is punishing everybody. As the son of an immigrant, I take offense at the suggestion from the Democratic Party that every immigrant is somehow an aggravated felon. Incarcerating murderers and rapists is not punishing everybody.
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Ted Cruz
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