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Democratic Sen. Slams Marco Rubio For Paying Millions To African Nation To Take Deportees: 'Highly Unusual'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Credit: Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen criticized Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the Trump administration's payments to the African country of Equatorial Guinea to take deportees from third countries.

Shaheen noted that the $7.5 million paid to the country raise "serious concerns over the responsible, transparent use of American taxpayer dollars." She also called the move "highly unusual."

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