As one of few members of Congress who not only fled war as a child, but lived through war and experienced war as a civilian, I can tell you it is really quite traumatizing to go through that process as a child, not knowing whether you can go to sleep, where the bombs are going to fall, and if you are going to wake up alive.
Ilhan Omar discusses the trauma of children fleeing war, drawing from her own experiences as a refugee.
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No child should ever endure that pain, and no parent should ever be forced to witness it.
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