The government is ransoming these children by telling their parents they can have their kids back if they agree to leave the country.
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
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Wyden criticizes the government's handling of separated immigrant children.
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