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James Lankford: “That has not always been so. If you go back 15 or 20 years ago, if someone came into the country illegally as a child…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2018
That has not always been so. If you go back 15 or 20 years ago, if someone came into the country illegally as a child, they were not placed in the home of someone who also did not have legal status in the United States.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford notes changes in policy regarding placement of unaccompanied minors with illegal residents.

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