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Patty Murray: “This administration, I believe, is tearing families apart at the border unnecessarily.”

On the recordJune 11, 2018
This administration, I believe, is tearing families apart at the border unnecessarily.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray criticizes the administration's handling of refugee families at the border.

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