In addition to a deforestation problem on that border, there is the reality that on that border you can buy a child, that there are children that are trafficked and sold as child prostitutes both into the Dominican Republic and in those border towns in that region.
Marco Rubio: “In addition to a deforestation problem on that border, there is the reality that on that border you can buy a child…”
On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
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Rubio highlights child trafficking issues at the Haitian-Dominican border.
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