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Tony Cárdenas: “So that, hopefully, should these separations ever continue--and it is my understanding that some children are still…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
So that, hopefully, should these separations ever continue--and it is my understanding that some children are still separated from their parents--that we would at least expect that in the United States of America, with all the resources and expertise we have, they would be minimizing the effects on these children's physical and mental well-being, adverse effects on their well-being.
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Tony Cárdenas
Democratic · California

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Emphasizing the need to minimize harm to separated children.

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