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Nancy Pelosi: “This system that is so rapidly expanding is designed for impunity.”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2019
This system that is so rapidly expanding is designed for impunity.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Condemnation of the lack of regulations in the immigration detention system.

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