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On the recordMay 7, 2014
And today is not the day, but we really need to work together on this issue of the unaccompanied children coming across our border, so that they have a home and that they have a way to get to a home, and we have a way to get to the funding that ensures that.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski emphasizes the need for collaboration on issues concerning unaccompanied children at the border.

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