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Ted Poe: It is a simple yes or no. Do you believe that your Agency has the legal authority without judicial intervention, Federal…

On the recordMarch 18, 2013
It is a simple yes or no. Do you believe that your Agency has the legal authority without judicial intervention, Federal judge, immigration judge--without judicial intervention, do you have the legal authority to release that one-third, 10,000? Either you do or you do not.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe questions the legal authority of the agency to release detainees without judicial intervention.

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