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Joaquin Castro: That was bizarre. You remember, several months ago now, when Secretary Nielsen was still the Secretary of Homeland…

On the recordJuly 10, 2019
That was bizarre. You remember, several months ago now, when Secretary Nielsen was still the Secretary of Homeland Security in, I think it was the first hearing, where she was asked about the government's, the Trump administration's family separation policy. She said, flat out, that there was no child separation or family separation policy; very bizarrely said that there was no family separation policy.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas
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Jul 10, 2019

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