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Norman Eisen: “There are 2,000 kids -- over 2,000 have been cruelly separated from their parents. That is a crisis. That is a shame on…”

On the recordJune 24, 2018
There are 2,000 kids -- over 2,000 have been cruelly separated from their parents. That is a crisis. That is a shame on the Trump presidency.
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Norman Eisen

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Norman Eisen highlights the crisis of family separations under the Trump administration.

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