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Summer Lee: They were actually trying to displace longstanding Mexican-American communities that had formally been a part of Mexico.

On the recordSeptember 5, 2019
They were actually trying to displace longstanding Mexican-American communities that had formally been a part of Mexico.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee discusses historical displacement of Mexican-American communities at the border.

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