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Joe Manchin: “My belief is if we shut that southern border down in Mexico that between the United States and the Mexican government we…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
My belief is if we shut that southern border down in Mexico that between the United States and the Mexican government we could have a better chance of controlling----
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin advocates for closing the southern border to better control drug trafficking.

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