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Summer Lee: The Department of Homeland Security was not created to protect the Nation from desperate people escaping violence and…

On the recordJuly 14, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security was not created to protect the Nation from desperate people escaping violence and poverty, seeking asylum in our country.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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DHS should focus on protecting citizens, not on asylum seekers.

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