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On the recordJune 11, 2019
there was hundreds and thousands of women, primarily, showing up on our border with little children. Many had characterized that as a humanitarian crisis.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat highlights the humanitarian crisis at the border ignored by the Administration.

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