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Summer Lee: Gangs and immigrants are not synonymous.

On the recordMay 12, 2021
Gangs and immigrants are not synonymous.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee argues against conflating gang issues with immigration.

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