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Lisa McClain: “But it's coming at a cost to our non-crisis at the border, so if we don't have a crisis at the border why would we need…”

On the recordJune 15, 2021
But it's coming at a cost to our non-crisis at the border, so if we don't have a crisis at the border why would we need to divert two billion dollars to take care of that non-crisis?
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Lisa McClain
Republican · Michigan

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McClain questions the financial implications of caring for unaccompanied minors amid a perceived border non-crisis.

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