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On the recordJanuary 27, 2016
If you are aware a high percentage is going to disappear or you are aware that we are putting at people at risk of trafficking, why wouldn't we hold them at their initial facilities?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford questions the practice of releasing minors into the U.S. without proper oversight.

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