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On the recordApril 9, 2024
They are using vulnerable people the vast majority of whom are legally seeking asylum as pawns in their shameless and shameful political stunt.
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Lauren Underwood
Democratic · Illinois

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Underwood condemned the exploitation of migrants by anti-immigrant extremists.

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