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Tim Carpenter: “The president is dealing with executive orders. Congress is…”

Featuring: Tim Carpenter, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 3

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Wisconsin lawmakers get heated during meeting as they discuss undocumented immigrants

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

Senator Carpenter? Well, I think by saying this bill is narrowly scoped isn't necessarily true. We're dealing a lot of constitutional crisis issues. The president is dealing with executive orders. Congress is not involved in this. And we were told by the President that only the violent criminals were going to be deported. Violent criminals. That's what the worst. The worst is what they're starting at. (04:35–04:41)

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Asserts that the president is using executive orders without congressional involvement.

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