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On the recordApril 21, 2015
I understand that we have begun to allow a limited group of children from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to apply in their home countries to come to the United States as refugees.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper discusses a new refugee program for children from Central America.

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