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John Cornyn: “I've read the [Arizona] law. The attorney general, at least…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Cornyn Talks About His Border Security Amendment on Fox News 5-27

Published | Video Starts at 03:43

… its work, which is the border security and immigration reform, rather than criticize those states who basically have been left to their own devices and are trying to defend themselves. I've read the [Arizona] law. The attorney general, at least when he testified here and the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security had not. It expressly bans racial profiling. It says you can't ask for ID unless you stop someone in an otherwise lawful stop. (03:43–03:51)

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Asserts that he has read the Arizona law, but the Attorney General and DHS Secretary had not at the time of testimony.

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