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Bennie Thompson: “This latest effort to use DREAMers as a bargaining chip to fulfill President Trump's fantasy of a closed immigration…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2018
This latest effort to use DREAMers as a bargaining chip to fulfill President Trump's fantasy of a closed immigration system and an unnecessary border wall is a new low for this administration.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson criticizes the administration's treatment of DREAMers in immigration negotiations.

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