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On the recordApril 25, 2023
This is a community of less than 20,000 people and it is just really a remarkable community and a lot of great families and people that are there, that are being directly affected based on the lack of enforcement on our southern border.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford highlights the impact of drug issues on a small Oklahoma community.

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