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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The Trump Administration's immigration policies were not about border security. They were about xenophobia…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2024
The Trump Administration's immigration policies were not about border security. They were about xenophobia, demonization, and cruelty.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes Trump's immigration policies as driven by xenophobia rather than security.

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