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Ayanna Pressley: “I can only assume it is because no one wants to put their name on such a disastrous, cruel, and un-American policy, and…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2019
I can only assume it is because no one wants to put their name on such a disastrous, cruel, and un-American policy, and the government officials who made that decision ought to be held to account.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley criticizes the lack of accountability for a harmful immigration policy.

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