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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
turning suffering children and overwhelmed caseworkers into pawns in the administration's immigration deterrence policy.
Said by
Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Claiming the administration is exploiting children in immigration policy.

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