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Chris Murphy: “Multiple courts have held that the policy is illegal, in part because it appears discriminatory.”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
Multiple courts have held that the policy is illegal, in part because it appears discriminatory.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy critiques the administration's refugee policy as discriminatory.

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