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Trump: Orlando Killer Was in U.S. 'Because We Allowed His Family to Come Here'
After slamming the president's immigration policy, Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton "wants to allow radical islamic terrorists to enter our country... they enslave women and they murder our gays." 
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Trump: Orlando Killer Was in U.S. 'Because We Allowed His Family to Come Here'

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“I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed,” the president wrote.

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