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Henry Cuellar: “I've seen in the constituent work that we've been doing in…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Supporting DACA Recipients

Published | Video Starts at 00:38

So I understand what the chairman is saying, but again, you can't be DACA if you have a criminal record. I've seen in the constituent work that we've been doing in South Texas is we've had DACA students have been picked up or DACA individuals. Some are students and some are not, but they're daca, they're dreamers itself. And I think, with all due respect, I think what they're doing, what the ICE folks are doing, they're looking for low hanging fruit. (00:38–00:49)

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