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On the recordApril 2, 2014
The circumstances under which the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing came to be in the United States underscores the need for reform of our asylum process.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Collins uses the Boston Marathon bombing to illustrate flaws in the asylum process.

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