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Ayanna Pressley: “CBP is the country's largest law enforcement agency but with the least amount of transparency and accountability.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2019
CBP is the country's largest law enforcement agency but with the least amount of transparency and accountability.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley criticizes CBP for lack of transparency and accountability despite being a major law enforcement agency.

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