Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
I think the policy is wrong, it is wrongheaded, and the idea that we are going to separate children from their families is just un-American.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen criticizes the policy of separating families at the border.

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