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On the recordApril 13, 2021
I hope that we can agree that most people do not want to trek 1,000 miles, leaving their home country, oftentimes with kids in tow, if they do not have to.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Castro emphasizes the difficult choices migrants face in leaving their countries.

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