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Richard Blumenthal: “I just got off the phone with HHS. I am furious and horrified after immigration conference call. Virtually, no separated…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2018
I just got off the phone with HHS. I am furious and horrified after immigration conference call. Virtually, no separated children have been reunited. No system, to plan, to path to assure reunification, no answers to key questions. Strategy seems to be: blame everyone else.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Blumenthal expressed his outrage over the lack of progress in reuniting separated children with their parents after a call with HHS.

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