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On the recordFebruary 3, 2021
Family separation is rooted in our Nation's history, let us be clear, harking back to black children being torn from their mothers' arms at slave auction blocks.
Said by
Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri

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Bush connects family separation policies to historical injustices in America.

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