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Al Green: “Not everyone stayed, but of the 125,000, my dear sir, you and I both know that the overwhelming majority of them stayed.”

On the recordJune 9, 2021
Not everyone stayed, but of the 125,000, my dear sir, you and I both know that the overwhelming majority of them stayed.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Green argues that most individuals from the Cuban Mariel boat lift were allowed to stay.

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