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On the recordNovember 6, 2019
the dictates of an administration that hasn't learned the lessons of history, that when you round up people based on the color of their skin or their country of origin, we always look back in horror and shame.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen criticizes the administration's immigration policies and their historical implications.

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