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Nanette Barragán: “What is legal in this country is to allow migrants to come to a port of entry... and to be allowed to be admitted into…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2022
What is legal in this country is to allow migrants to come to a port of entry... and to be allowed to be admitted into this country pending their court hearing.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

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Barragan calls for adherence to legal asylum processes in the U.S.

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