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Adriano Espaillat: “I think we need to be cracking down on drug cartels, not undocumented immigrants.”

On the recordNovember 14, 2017
I think we need to be cracking down on drug cartels, not undocumented immigrants.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Espaillat emphasizes targeting drug cartels over undocumented immigrants in drug trafficking issues.

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