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Marco Rubio: “I don't understand how three little children, three orphaned children who want to visit their grandfather in the United…”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
I don't understand how three little children, three orphaned children who want to visit their grandfather in the United States are somehow deemed--or denied a tourist visa.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio criticizes the visa denial for orphaned children while Mariela Castro received a visa.

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