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Jeanne Shaheen: “When I was here and voted for the investments in the Northern Triangle in 2014, it was in response to the unaccompanied…”

On the recordMay 22, 2017
When I was here and voted for the investments in the Northern Triangle in 2014, it was in response to the unaccompanied minors crisis because there was a convincing argument that people were fleeing the Northern Triangle because of conditions at home.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen recalls her support for investments in Central America due to the unaccompanied minors crisis.

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