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On the recordJune 18, 2018
What President Trump is doing at the southern border right now with the support of so many others in this Administration, including at HHS, is appalling: separating children from their parents, tearing babies away from breastfeeding moms, ripping these families apart.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray criticizes the Trump Administration's policy on family separation at the border.

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