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?
James Lankford: “If you are aware a high percentage is going to disappear or you are aware that we are putting at people at risk of…”
On the recordJanuary 27, 2016
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Lankford questions the practice of releasing minors into the U.S. without proper oversight.
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