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Janice Schakowsky: I believe that time and our Nation would be better served by speaking up and speaking out against the Trump…

On the recordJune 19, 2018
I believe that time and our Nation would be better served by speaking up and speaking out against the Trump administration's mean-spirited, racist, and immoral new policy of separating immigrant children from their parents.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky criticizes the Trump administration's policy on separating immigrant families.

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