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Pramila Jayapal has been a fucking star since she took office two years ago—even Dan Savage, who went rogue on the SECB and endorsed Jayapal’s opponent in 2016, is a fan these days. Jayapal ran to the airport the morning Trump ordered the Muslim travel ban. When she found out 206 undocumented immigrant women were being held up in Sea-Tac—many of whom were separated from their children—she spoke with all of them and told the world their story.

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