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Mazie Hirono: “The constitutional rights of Americans do not disappear at the border.”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
The constitutional rights of Americans do not disappear at the border.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono emphasizes the importance of constitutional rights at the border.

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