This is really Senator McCain and Flake and Grassley and I was happy to join in it as chairman of this committee. Apparently The U.S. attorney's office for the District of Arizona has announced it will no longer prosecute first-time illegal border crossers under Operation Streamline. which apparently has been extremely effective. And where this was implemented in the Yuma sector in fiscal, I GUESS it was 24, 2004 prior to that, the Yuma sector, 140,000 immigrants apprehended by last year. (35:26–35:57)
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Asserts that the U.S. attorney's office in Arizona will stop prosecuting first-time illegal border crossers under Operation Streamline.
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