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Madam Secretary · Season 1, Episode 15

Morejon and Elizabeth in “Unfinished Business”

You won't silence me again. What I'm doing is legal.

So is this.

The U.S. Refugee Act of 1980?

Section 207. It gives the president authority to admit refugees to the U.S. in emergency situations.

Doesn't apply. My injunction is about his executive order.

True. You can still ban these 243 refugees, specifically. But when the president pledged to accept 20,000 Libyans, he also will have the authority to place them in any state he sees fit. For instance, they might feel right at home in the dry desert climate of your great state. And they'll have you to thank. Well, some of your constituents might not see it that way. But then again, one of those young refugees could grow up to become a United States senator. And isn't that what America's all about?

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