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Nanette Barragán: “Ukrainians should be allowed to enter the United States and seek humanitarian protection. But so should Haitians and…”

On the recordApril 5, 2022
Ukrainians should be allowed to enter the United States and seek humanitarian protection. But so should Haitians and Hondurans and Guatemalans, Africans, and others fleeing violence.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

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Barragan calls for equal treatment of all migrants seeking asylum.

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