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Cori Bush: “The surveillance and criminalization of Muslims is older than this nation's founding.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2022
The surveillance and criminalization of Muslims is older than this nation's founding.
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Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Bush highlights the historical context of surveillance against Muslims in America.

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