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Lucille Roybal-Allard: “I guess what I am trying to find out is what is the weakness in the system that has made it--that has allowed, in these…”

On the recordApril 29, 2019
I guess what I am trying to find out is what is the weakness in the system that has made it--that has allowed, in these cases, for vulnerable populations to in fact be returned to Mexico?
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Lucille Roybal-Allard
California

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Roybal-Allard questions the system's failures regarding vulnerable populations being returned to Mexico.

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