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Bennie Thompson: “Prioritizing the border wall over ports of entry will impede our ability to end the opioid crisis.”

On the recordJune 18, 2018
Prioritizing the border wall over ports of entry will impede our ability to end the opioid crisis.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Arguing that focusing on the border wall distracts from addressing opioid trafficking effectively.

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