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On the recordApril 29, 2019
And when our President puts out we are going to go out there and arrest 25,000 people, or whatever he said that number was, that doesn't help you, it doesn't help our system of justice, and it scares the dickens out of these families who are here because they want a better life.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Criticizing the President's statements on mass arrests and their impact on immigrant families.

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