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Madeleine Dean: When a stranger rips a child from a parent's arms without any plan to reunify them, it is called kidnapping.

On the recordFebruary 25, 2019
When a stranger rips a child from a parent's arms without any plan to reunify them, it is called kidnapping.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Condemning the family separation policy as akin to kidnapping.

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