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For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

Barbara Jordan

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Barbara Jordan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1936
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: January 17
American Politician
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Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
Writer
Houston
Texas
Barbara Charline Jordan
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