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" Abject poverty, political instability, torture, and other abuses push thousands across our border. There is not a deterrent imaginable that equals the conditions that force their migration. "

Greg Boyle

Political

Torture

Push

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Greg Boyle

Compassion

God

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Always

Kid

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