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Ted Poe: If I had a 40 percent non-return of people who were released on bond or pretrial release, they would have had me in jail…

On the recordMarch 18, 2013
If I had a 40 percent non-return of people who were released on bond or pretrial release, they would have had me in jail for that.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe compares immigration release rates to judicial standards he faced as a judge.

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