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On the recordJuly 17, 2019
Under the subpoenas that we issued to DHS, your office has produced to this committee data showing that child separations skyrocketed after your zero tolerance policy went into effect.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez points out the increase in child separations linked to the zero tolerance policy.

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