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On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
I find it very difficult, given the values that we care about in this country of keeping families together, that it wasn't in that 2-year-old's interest, as well as our National interest, to keep that mother and child together.
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Joe Neguse
Democratic · Colorado

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Neguse emphasizes the importance of family unity in immigration policy.

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