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Judy Chu: The continued surge of Central American mothers and children at our southwest border is a humanitarian refugee issue…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2016
The continued surge of Central American mothers and children at our southwest border is a humanitarian refugee issue, and not an illegal immigration phenomenon.
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Judy Chu
Democratic · California

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Judy Chu describes the influx of refugees as a humanitarian crisis rather than illegal immigration.

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