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Rosa DeLauro: “HHS does not separate children from their parents and has not done so in the past.”

On the recordJuly 23, 2019
HHS does not separate children from their parents and has not done so in the past.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

DeLauro clarifies that HHS's role is to care for unaccompanied children, not separate families.

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