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Bennie Thompson: “Why would we spend billions on a wall in the desert while leaving our ports of entry vulnerable to human smugglers and…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2018
Why would we spend billions on a wall in the desert while leaving our ports of entry vulnerable to human smugglers and drug traffickers?
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson questions the logic of prioritizing wall funding over port security.

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