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On the recordMarch 22, 2021
It is costing taxpayers roughly $775 per day to provide room and board for each unaccompanied minor who crosses the southern border.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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Highlighting the high costs of caring for unaccompanied minors at the border.

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