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Ed Markey: To say, at this point in the history of our Nation, that we cannot take in more than 10,000 refugees out of a nation of…

On the recordSeptember 15, 2015
To say, at this point in the history of our Nation, that we cannot take in more than 10,000 refugees out of a nation of 300-million-plus is ridiculous.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the low number of refugees the U.S. is accepting.

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