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Veronica Escobar: “The border has been targeted by terrible public policy.”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

RIAA Capitol Mixtape with Congresswoman Veronica Escobar

Published December 10, 2020 | Video Starts at 09:40

We obviously have an election coming up, and not to, you know, in any. I don't want to make this a partisan issue, but I've … The border has been targeted by terrible public policy. … And we've been depicted for a long time as a place to be feared or as a place to be controlled. (09:40–09:48)

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Asserts that the border has been negatively impacted by poor public policy.

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