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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
So, just when I think that the occupant of this White House and his xenophobic administration cannot reach any new lows, they go even lower...
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley criticizes the administration for its treatment of seriously ill children facing deportation.

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