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Bennie Thompson: “Under the Trump administration's unconscionable family separation policy, for example, over 5,500 children were taken…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2023
Under the Trump administration's unconscionable family separation policy, for example, over 5,500 children were taken from their parents at the border.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson discusses the consequences of Trump's family separation policy.

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