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On the recordFebruary 24, 2021
But what I want to talk about is, how do we help kids from third-world conditions, literally millions of them--and I am not talking about Salvador or Guatemala, but I am talking about kids in the border, U.S. border, called colonias.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Cuellar emphasizes the need to assist children living in poor conditions in U.S. border colonias.

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