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Bob Menendez: “But, surely you could not believe, as the nominee for the Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere at…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
But, surely you could not believe, as the nominee for the Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere at this time, that, for example, the more than 215,000 United States-born children would--who would be forced to accompany their TPS-beneficiary parents would be able to live in safe conditions right now, as we speak.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the safety of U.S.-born children returning to Central America.

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