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On the recordJuly 17, 2019
DHS was not fully prepared to implement the administration's zero-tolerance policy or to deal with some of the after-effects.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings references a DHS report criticizing the handling of family separations under zero tolerance.

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