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Summer Lee: Do those agents who are on that front line as their first point of contact for those children have any specialized…

On the recordApril 18, 2023
Do those agents who are on that front line as their first point of contact for those children have any specialized training in trauma, informed care, or verification of legal documents such that there is any quality control on ensuring that they know what they are seeing and they understand how to speak to these children?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Questions the training of Border Patrol agents in handling children.

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