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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “If my child was apprehended and they were 2 hours from me and I was not contacted and given an opportunity to come get…”

On the recordApril 29, 2019
If my child was apprehended and they were 2 hours from me and I was not contacted and given an opportunity to come get her, that to me--I would be flipping out.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Wasserman Schultz expresses outrage over the separation of undocumented children from their parents.

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