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A tremendous number of people come to the country legally, but overstay their visas. And there has to be a far stronger mechanism for being able to track down people, have overstayed their visas, to have a responsibility for who they're coming to visit or stay with.

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Adam Schiff
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 22
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U.S. Representative
Framingham
Massachusetts
Adam Bennett Schiff
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