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Patrick Leahy: “We cannot begin comprehensive reform of our immigration laws until we have won control of our borders.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2009
We cannot begin comprehensive reform of our immigration laws until we have won control of our borders.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the need for border control before immigration reform.

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