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On the recordAugust 15, 2018
If the requirement was that we do not place a UAC with a sponsor that is not a legal citizen in the United States, what does that change?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford questions the impact of placing unaccompanied minors with illegal sponsors.

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