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Bonnie Watson Coleman: So why are we compelled to think that there was a need to put a pause on letting those individuals, who were not any…

On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
So why are we compelled to think that there was a need to put a pause on letting those individuals, who were not any threat to this country, none whatsoever?
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democratic · New Jersey

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Questioning the rationale behind pausing refugee admissions from Syria.

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