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Summer Lee: When the refugees come to our borders, it behooves us to act under the same principles that we have enunciated to them.

On the recordJune 24, 2014
When the refugees come to our borders, it behooves us to act under the same principles that we have enunciated to them.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the responsibility to accept refugees fleeing violence.

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