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So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.

Vicente Fox

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Vicente Fox
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 2
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