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Steve Cohen: “Notwithstanding my firm belief that targeting the most vulnerable, sick children and their parents for deportation — for…”

On the recordJune 17, 2026
Notwithstanding my firm belief that targeting the most vulnerable, sick children and their parents for deportation — for an immigration matter in which the children did not seek out — is morally repulsive, I note the interpretation is not based on the plain reading of the text.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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tennesseelookout.com
Jun 17, 2026

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Criticizing the immigration status verification directive.

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