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Patrick Leahy: “You must know an awful lot of people who are here under DACA. Is there a sense of concern about the rhetoric that we are…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
You must know an awful lot of people who are here under DACA. Is there a sense of concern about the rhetoric that we are hearing with the new administration?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Inquiring about concerns regarding DACA under the new administration.

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