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Rob Portman: We have spent, I do not know, $3.6 billion in the last five years in Central America with regard to the root causes and…

On the recordJune 22, 2022
We have spent, I do not know, $3.6 billion in the last five years in Central America with regard to the root causes and the migration has increased, not decreased.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Pointing out the ineffectiveness of spending aimed at addressing migration root causes.

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