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Rashida Tlaib: “Deterrence is a completely ineffective policy. All it does is ramp up human suffering.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2019
Deterrence is a completely ineffective policy. All it does is ramp up human suffering.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib argues against the effectiveness of deterrence in immigration policy.

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