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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “My friends on the other side often demonize migrants who are attempting to cross the southern border. They call it an…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2023
My friends on the other side often demonize migrants who are attempting to cross the southern border. They call it an invasion. I don't think such rhetoric is worthy of Members of Congress.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Critiques the demonization of migrants and calls for more respectful rhetoric.

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