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On the recordApril 10, 2013
Then we asked them about migrants and the smuggling of migrants into the United States, and they said it was a low threat in the region.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Cuellar comments on the perceived low threat of migrant smuggling in the Rio Grande region.

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