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Maggie Hassan: “It just seems to me a totally false choice to leave a border inviting and open, relatively open.”

On the recordJune 5, 2017
It just seems to me a totally false choice to leave a border inviting and open, relatively open.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Hassan argues against leaving the border open despite drug trafficking concerns.

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