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Diana DeGette: “The bottom line is this: This administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border--and the…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
The bottom line is this: This administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border--and the unmitigated chaos that it unleashed--has likely left scars that may never heal.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette criticizes the administration's child separation policy and its lasting impact.

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