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On the recordJuly 25, 2018
Absolutely. Last -- yesterday in front of at least 15 members of Congress, she said, we are on track to meet the deadline. We clearly said to her, no, you're not. It's impossible for you to actually hit the deadline. She was insistent that we hit the deadline. Now we're here. We now know that, of course, that we're not able to hit the deadline. We now know there are many family who's are still separated.

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Gallego asserts that Secretary Nielsen lied about the government's ability to meet the reunification deadline for families separated at the border.

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