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On the recordMarch 19, 2014
You take that victim and you put them in jail, even though they are not a criminal and we know they are not a criminal, that does not help them down the road.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe argues that incarcerating victims of trafficking harms their future.

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