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Alejandro Mayorkas: “They did nothing to facilitate addressing the surge. What they did was they dismantled the tools that we had to address…”

On the recordMay 12, 2021
They did nothing to facilitate addressing the surge. What they did was they dismantled the tools that we had to address it.
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Alejandro Mayorkas
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Mayorkas criticizes the previous administration's lack of preparation for the surge of unaccompanied children.

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