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Chris Murphy: “Migrants, as it turns out, don't really care who the President of the United States is.”

On the recordApril 13, 2021
Migrants, as it turns out, don't really care who the President of the United States is.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy argues that migrants are driven by conditions in their home countries, not U.S. politics.

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