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On the recordSeptember 17, 2018
If we can just kind of take away all of the layers and say we are going to focus on keeping children safe, because children had no choice on whether they were going to come to the border.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

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Emphasizes the need to prioritize child safety in border policies.

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