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On the recordApril 11, 2018
President Trump's decision to send National Guard troops to the border until a 2,000-mile wall is built is also baffling from a policy perspective.
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Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · California

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Gomez questions the rationale behind deploying troops for wall construction.

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