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On the recordMay 21, 2013
If we try to plug the U.S. border with Mexico without increasing security in America's Caribbean border, we're just going to displace the criminal activity from one U.S. border to another.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

Editor's note · Context

Pierluisi warns that neglecting Caribbean borders will shift crime rather than eliminate it.

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