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Ron Wyden: “The government is ransoming these children by telling their parents they can have their kids back if they agree to leave…”

On the recordJune 25, 2018
The government is ransoming these children by telling their parents they can have their kids back if they agree to leave the country.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the government's handling of separated immigrant children.

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