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Donald McEachin: “It is just a matter of how many refugees I am going to have, not if.”

On the recordJune 21, 2021
It is just a matter of how many refugees I am going to have, not if.
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Donald McEachin
Virginia

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Discussing the inevitability of climate refugees in his district.

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