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On the recordMarch 3, 2025
'The border without actually fixing our broken immigration system is dealing with the symptom not the disease. America is a nation of immigrants.'
Said by
Elissa Slotkin
Democratic · Michigan
Source
bbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the Trump administration's immigration policy.

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