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On the recordOctober 13, 2011
But there are two things that you all said in the report that really upsets a lot of us that live on the border, because you make it sound like there are no nice people living on the border.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Cuellar defends the reputation of border communities against negative portrayals.

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