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On the recordSeptember 14, 2020
President Trump has talked tough on Nicaragua, but when it came time to stand with those who put their lives on the line to challenge the Ortega regime, his Administration placed its radical anti-immigrant agenda above protecting American values in U.S. foreign policy and interests.
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Albio Sires
Democratic · New Jersey

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Sires accuses Trump of prioritizing anti-immigrant policies over supporting Nicaraguan asylum seekers.

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