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On the recordApril 27, 2015
57 percent of the children who were--came across in the wave--the humanitarian crisis last year were issued orders of removal in absentia.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn highlights the issue of children not attending court hearings in immigration cases.

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