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On the recordJuly 23, 2019
To say that the Trump administration is somehow responsible because of the pitiful conditions in the Northern Triangle that make a parent choose to separate themselves from their child is not this Trump administration, neither is it the Obama administration or any of our policies.
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James Harris
Republican · Maryland

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Harris argues that the root cause of family separation is not U.S. policy but conditions in home countries.

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