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Gary Peters: “The question is not whether or not we want to secure the border or whether or not we all agree that crimes committed by…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
The question is not whether or not we want to secure the border or whether or not we all agree that crimes committed by anyone, including people who are not in this country legally--we have to do everything we can to prevent them.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters emphasizes the shared goal of border security and preventing crime.

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