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On the recordMarch 9, 2025
If the federal government can disappear a legal U.S. permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear U.S. citizens too.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
commondreams.org

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Ocasio-Cortez warns about the implications of the government's actions on dissenters.

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