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Dick Durbin: I think about those children when I think about this debate.

On the recordJuly 9, 2014
I think about those children when I think about this debate.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin reflects on the plight of traumatized children in the immigration debate.

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