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Ayanna Pressley: “I think this system is broken, because people running the system are blind, and because lawmakers are blind.”

On the recordJuly 1, 2019
I think this system is broken, because people running the system are blind, and because lawmakers are blind.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley critiques the immigration system and the lack of accountability and transparency from those in charge.

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