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On the recordSeptember 13, 2023
Yeah. Really good move to be throwing third graders who have spent their entire lives in this country out.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes deporting children who have lived in the U.S. their whole lives.

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