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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
Is targeting and changing policy to specifically target people with life-threatening diseases for deportation essentially killing them through deportation? Would you characterize that as cruel?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez questions the cruelty of deporting individuals with serious health issues.

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