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Mark Takano: “I know very well what it is like to comfort a child that is in constant fear of deportation.”

On the recordDecember 3, 2019
I know very well what it is like to comfort a child that is in constant fear of deportation.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Takano reflects on his experience as a teacher dealing with students' fears of deportation.

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