And I appreciate your focus on the effect this has on citizens too, because everybody is made worse off by this kind of thing and frankly, everybody's disrespected by it too. Because this is not just a policy of being cruel toward undocumented immigrants. This is a policy that says every one of you, every one of us at any given moment has to prove that we're a citizen. Not just when you're going through. I mean, of course I prove I'm a citizen when I'm getting a security clearance or when I'm getting a passport. (40:28–40:40)
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Asserts that current policies require constant proof of citizenship.
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