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Ayanna Pressley: I happen to think the law's a cruel and inhumane one.

On the recordJuly 9, 2019
I happen to think the law's a cruel and inhumane one.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley criticizes the law governing CBP actions as cruel and inhumane.

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