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DHS Under Pressure Over Alleged Violation Of Policies On Sensitive Locations

DHS Under Pressure Over Alleged Violation Of Policies On Sensitive Locations

Democrats in Congress have blasted federal immigration agents, saying they're violating their own policy by making arrests at so-called sensitive locations such as hospitals, schools and churches. One recent case involved an undocumented couple apprehended by Border Patrol in a South Texas hospital while their infant son awaited a serious operation.

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