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Ayanna Pressley: How are we sending these children into their future? How are we sending them? And another question: Would you allow this…

On the recordJuly 11, 2019
How are we sending these children into their future? How are we sending them? And another question: Would you allow this for your own child?
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley questions the treatment of children at the border and challenges the audience's values.

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