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What really bothered me about Nielsen is she does then lied to Congress and said, 'No, we didn't want to do deterrence, we didn't want to do child separation, it doesn't exist, the policy doesn't exist.'

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Merkley criticizes former Secretary Nielsen for her statements regarding child separation policy.

04/08/2019

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