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Janice Schakowsky: “We saw a woman who was inconsolable in a cage. And she was crying because she came in with her 7-year-old granddaughter.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
We saw a woman who was inconsolable in a cage. And she was crying because she came in with her 7-year-old granddaughter.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky recounts a poignant story about family separation at the border.

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