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On the recordJanuary 3, 2019
No amount of verbal gymnastics will change that she knew the Trump administration was implementing a policy to separate families at the border.
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Elissa Slotkin
Democratic · Michigan

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Slotkin criticizes the Secretary's denial of knowledge about family separation policies.

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