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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
Just for clarification, under the, I want to say, 2007 law signed by President Bush, does it differentiate the way we treat kids from these Central American countries as opposed to kids from Mexico in terms of what we do with them and the turnaround times? It does, does it not?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper questions the 2007 law's treatment of Central American and Mexican children.

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