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On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
I'm sitting here and I know that we're talking about consulate construction, but I just came home from the U.S. Virgin Islands, which is now, along with Puerto Rico, considered the fourth border.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett discusses violence in the U.S. Virgin Islands and its implications on border security.

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