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On the recordDecember 16, 2015
Turning our backs on people who are being persecuted and killed, betrays our Nation's deeply-held values and ideals and weakens national security by helping ISIL recruit a new generation of terrorists through anti-American propaganda.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth argues against abandoning refugees, linking it to national security and American values.

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