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On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
In 1986, Congress and the President promised Americans vigorous interior enforcement of our immigration laws in exchange for amnesty for 3 million unlawful aliens.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte discusses the unfulfilled promise of immigration enforcement tied to past amnesty.

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