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On the recordJune 14, 2023
Back in 2002, over 20 years ago, this Committee held a hearing on bipartisan legislation entitled the Unaccompanied Alien Children Protection Act.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin references a past hearing on child protection legislation.

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