In my State, unfortunately, our Governor has adopted the same tactics that many others in his party have adopted, and that is using migrants and refugees as scapegoats, trying to portray them as people to be feared, even people to be hated.
Veronica Escobar: “In my State, unfortunately, our Governor has adopted the same tactics that many others in his party have adopted, and…”
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Escobar criticizes her governor for scapegoating refugees and migrants.
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