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On the recordAugust 2, 2018
the administration basically lied to the American public, said people aren't showing up for their hearings, so we have to do something dramatically different, that is to treat people as criminals.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley accuses the administration of lying about the attendance of asylum seekers at hearings to justify their harsh treatment.

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