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On the recordJune 17, 2018
All of us who are seeing these images of children being pulled away from moms and dads in tears were horrified. This has to stop. Kids need their moms and dads.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Senator Cruz expresses horror at the separation of children from their parents and calls for it to stop.

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