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On the recordMarch 21, 2021
I wouldn`t want my children to be in those detention facilities. But this isn`t 2019. These aren`t cages. There are doctors and child care workers there. And the Biden administration is trying to deal with a mess they were left from the Trump administration.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
Source
msnbc.com

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Chris Murphy discusses the conditions of detention facilities for migrant children and contrasts them with previous years.

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