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On the recordSeptember 25, 2019
The Trump Administration's immigration policies have been a failure at a policy level and, more important, as a matter of basic human decency.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler criticizes the Trump Administration's immigration policies for their ineffectiveness and lack of humanity.

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