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Tightest security’s in cities

Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith

"In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

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U.S. citizens 21 and older can sponsor their parents for a visa

Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith

Once people become citizens under the DREAM Act "and turn 21, they can sponsor their illegal immigrant parents for legalization."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, December 20th, 2010

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He was in the ballpark, but is he now?

Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith

“Illegal immigrants currently occupy 8 million jobs.”

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010