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Virginia Foxx: “It is a dereliction of duty.”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2024
It is a dereliction of duty.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Foxx describes the Biden Administration's failure to secure the border as a serious neglect of responsibility.

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