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On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
It amuses me when my friends on the other side cause the public to believe that there are people coming across our border, trying to sneak in, when the truth of the matter is the people who are presenting themselves at our southern border, primarily, are people fleeing violence in Central America, families, women, children fleeing violence in Central America, presenting themselves at lawful points of entry, not trying to jump the Rio Grande, but at lawful points of entry, and seeking to apply for asylum. That is the emergency that my friends on the other side tried to make into something that would be such that President Trump is authorized to spend moneys that have not been appropriated, and it is a farce. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), my dear colleague.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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