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Hakeem Jeffries: “The Trump administration's family separation policy and the practice of ripping children out of the hands of their…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2019
The Trump administration's family separation policy and the practice of ripping children out of the hands of their parents was un-American, unacceptable, and unconscionable.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries condemns the family separation policy as morally wrong.

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