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Booker Says Nielsen is ‘Complicit’

By Bian Elkhatib
Posted January 16, 2018 at 10:32pm

By Bian Elkhatib

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Last week, President Donald Trump reportedly used a vulgar slur to describe Haiti and countries in Africa during a meeting about immigration. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said at a Senate Judiciary Committee that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is “complicit” by remaining silent about Trump’s comments.

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