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Nanette Barragán: “Part of that is because the prior administration did a horrible job in keeping records. ... This was a policy put in…”

On the recordMay 4, 2021
Part of that is because the prior administration did a horrible job in keeping records. ... This was a policy put in place by the prior administration intentionally to be cruel and to deter people from coming to this country.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Barragan criticizes the Trump administration's handling of family separations at the border and the lack of proper record-keeping.

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