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On the recordJuly 25, 2018
I would like to ask the Senator from Hawaii a question through the Chair. When the Senator is referring to the number of children who are currently forcibly separated from their parents by our government, is the Senator referring to the 2,551 children between the ages of 5 and 17 who were reported by this administration as of this past Monday?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 25, 2018

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