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On the recordMay 3, 2022
I am confident that--perhaps I shouldn't be--that at least some colleagues would not want us to return all Cubans that we encounter at the border because of their claims of fear of persecution by reason of the authoritarian regime there.
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

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Hoeven expresses concern about returning Cubans fearing persecution.

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