“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordJune 25, 2019
What kind of impact will the Administration's cruel and inhumane mass detention of refugees and asylum seekers have on the economy?
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky questions the economic impact of the Administration's detention policies.

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