On the recordJune 23, 2014
These children are not perpetrators or criminals--they are, in many cases, victims.
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congress.govFilemon Vela: “These children are not perpetrators or criminals--they are, in many cases, victims.”
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Vela emphasizes that unaccompanied children are victims fleeing violence, not criminals.
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