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Nanette Barragán: “The separation of children and families didn't happen because it was required. That is not why the President did it.”

On the recordMay 21, 2019
The separation of children and families didn't happen because it was required. That is not why the President did it.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Barragan criticizes the administration's policy of family separation as intentional and harmful.

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