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Veronica Escobar: “The photograph that all of us saw this week should tear all of us up. For those of us who are parents, to see a toddler…”

On the recordJune 26, 2019
The photograph that all of us saw this week should tear all of us up. For those of us who are parents, to see a toddler with her little arms wrapped around the neck of her father, there is nothing that we wouldn't do for our children, nothing, to give them a better life.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

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Veronica Escobar reflects on the emotional impact of a tragic photograph of a father and daughter who drowned while trying to cross the border.

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