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On the recordJanuary 31, 2023
the House Republican border security plan is one of the most extreme stances this body has seen on immigration in recent history.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline criticizes the Republican border security plan as extreme and un-American.

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