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Mark Pocan: “Anything that separates a child for 71 days from their parents is a problem.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
Anything that separates a child for 71 days from their parents is a problem.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Pocan criticizes the separation of children from parents in the current policy.

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