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On the recordMarch 16, 2021
In 2014, when I was Chairman of this committee and you were deputy secretary of DHS, Obama called the surge of migrants at the Southern Border a humanitarian crisis, and he was right.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

McCaul compares current migrant surge to past crises, referencing Obama's acknowledgment.

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