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Jared Huffman: Ignoring tribal rights, community voices, and our country's laws, as some are proposing, doesn't help solve problems…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
Ignoring tribal rights, community voices, and our country's laws, as some are proposing, doesn't help solve problems, but it does advance President Trump's very authoritarian, dystopic agenda.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Huffman criticizes the disregard for local voices and laws in border security discussions.

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