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Raúl Grijalva: Some of my colleagues, and certainly the presumptive Republican nominee for President, seem to envision a border region…

On the recordApril 27, 2016
Some of my colleagues, and certainly the presumptive Republican nominee for President, seem to envision a border region populated entirely by murderers, drug traffickers, and criminals, in general, who must be kept out of the country at all costs; but that is not the real world.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva critiques the negative portrayal of border regions and its impact on public perception.

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