12/07/2015
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"The lack of democratic opportunity in Venezuela similarly drives that irregular migration."
"The erosion of democracy and surge in political unrest leads to an increase in irregular migration flows."
"Despite being home to some of the world's most vibrant and active democracies, the hemisphere has also experienced by most metrics the sharpest decline in its democratic institutions of any region in ..."
"I have maintained since joining this committee when I came to the Senate in 2013 that we should pay more attention to the Americas, not less, and that if we did, it would have tremendous benefit not o..."