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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
We need to, again, reassert ourselves as the leader of the Americas and do so by assisting governments to provide good services and programs that will reduce the migration.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat emphasizes the need for U.S. leadership in the Americas to reduce migration.

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