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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
the Mexicans are doing this because they perceive it to be in their interest for their reasons, and we are, in part, the beneficiaries of that determination.
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Thomas Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper acknowledges Mexico's motivations in curtailing Central American migration.

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