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On the recordJune 24, 2014
So it's really not a matter of illegal immigration, it is a humanitarian disaster with children, not parents but children, babies.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King emphasizes the humanitarian crisis involving unaccompanied children rather than illegal immigration.

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