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Tom Tiffany: “The Lake and Riley act is... if you've got a criminal…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Ben Dryden Chats With Congressman Tom Tiffany On DrydenWire Live!

Published | Video Starts at 22:50

I don't. Is that Athens, Georgia, where the University of Georgia is went down there and decided to kill a young coed. The Lake and Riley act is... if you've got a criminal record, you shall be deported. If you commit a crime here while you're in America and you came in illegally, you shall be immediately deported. And pretty stunningly, there were what, were there only like 58 Democrats that voted with us on that bill? (22:50–23:27)

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Asserts that the Lake and Riley Act mandates deportation for illegal immigrants with a criminal record.

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