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On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
It's interesting because our congressional districts all have about 700,000 people each in them.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Highlights the scale of the Rohingya refugee crisis by comparing it to congressional districts.

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