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Jose Luis Correa: “Holding immigrants at the border and turning them back is probably not going to stop this virus, because we still don't…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2020
Holding immigrants at the border and turning them back is probably not going to stop this virus, because we still don't know how it is spread.
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Jose Luis Correa
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Correa emphasizes the ineffectiveness of border restrictions against the virus spread.

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