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Mike Lee: “We've made it impossible to detect and therefore prosecute…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 22nd

Published | Video Starts at 29:48

We don't need a law making our laws prohibiting non citizen voting because it's already against the law. And we take that defiant, illogical, absurd position even knowing that We've made it impossible to detect and therefore prosecute and punish anyone who breaks [the law prohibiting non-citizen voting]. that law. Mr. President, we've got to clear both of these logjams. We've got to get Mark Wayne Mullen confirmed and was happy to cast my vote for him and support him through that effort. (29:48–29:55)

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Asserts that current systems make it impossible to detect and prosecute non-citizens voting illegally.

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