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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 10, 2014
It upsets me that politically motivated policies and directives are creating an invitational posture at the border, and that this open invitation causes human suffering and law enforcement nightmares.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Cuellar criticizes policies that he believes worsen border issues and human suffering.

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