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It wasn't the best choice. I made a mistake. It was not prohibited. It was not in any way disallowed. And as… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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![“We are reorganizing how we work with state and local governments to make sure that we are not prioritizing families [for deportation], and you are gonna see, I think, a substantial change even as the case works its way through the courts.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d64/barack-obama-17_cases_we-are-reorganizing-how-we-work-with-sta_2299088.jpg)
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