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On the recordJune 20, 2018
the President has not laid out a strategy for reuniting the more than 2300 kids who have been separated from their parents and he is replacing one policy for future families.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Senator Merkley criticizes President Trump's lack of a clear strategy for reuniting separated families.

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