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Eric Holder: “What I think we too often think of is that that is a local problem, and it is not. It is a national problem.”

On the recordApril 13, 2010
What I think we too often think of is that that is a local problem, and it is not. It is a national problem.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder highlights the national significance of issues at the southwest border.

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