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Mark Warner: “What do we gain by simply picking them up out of their present positions and moving them 50 miles across the border or…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1997
What do we gain by simply picking them up out of their present positions and moving them 50 miles across the border or whatever the distance may be? What do we gain? It is pure symbolism. And then they rush back at a telephone call?
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the effectiveness of relocating individuals in a border security context.

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