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Markwayne Mullin: “Right now, we enforce our laws that are on the books, and we don't pick and choose what else.”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Those that want to gripe at us for doing our job, they have the ability to change the laws. If you change the laws, Department of Homeland Security will enforce those laws, too. Right now, we enforce our laws that are on the books, and we don't pick and choose what else. Go ahead. I don't think at this point it's caught off guard. I think we had a good conversation this with the roundtable while ago, is that when every time we take these individuals off the road, we put these companies in notice. (32:02–32:08)

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Asserts that current laws are enforced as they are written, without selective enforcement.

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