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Tom Harkin: It sounds like we are doing dealing with cattle or some kind of livestock. Just round them up and ship them back.

On the recordJuly 9, 2014
It sounds like we are doing dealing with cattle or some kind of livestock. Just round them up and ship them back.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin criticizes the inhumane treatment of children at the border.

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