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On the recordNovember 13, 2023
My Republican colleagues will try to make the American people think that shutting our borders to asylum seekers would help stop human smuggling and trafficking.
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Marian Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Criticism of Republican views on border control and its impact on human trafficking.

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