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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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