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At Hearing, McCaul Slams Obama Over Immigrant Surge

At a House Homeland Security Committee meeting on Tuesday, chairman Michael McCaul, R-Austin, said President Obama's immigration policies were to blame for the flood of children crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

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At a House Homeland Security Committee meeting on Tuesday, chairman Michael McCaul, R-Austin, and other Republicans said they blamed President Obama and his immigration policies for the flood of children crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

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