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Ilhan Omar: This amendment will ensure that that certification will be based on the actual enjoyment of human rights by El…

On the recordMay 21, 2019
This amendment will ensure that that certification will be based on the actual enjoyment of human rights by El Salvadoreans, Guatemalans, and Honduran people, and not allow the government of Juan Orlando Hernandez and Jimmy Morales to game the system and continue in impunity.
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Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Omar discusses ensuring human rights certification is based on actual conditions in Central America.

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