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Patrick Leahy: “We are not being overrun by these kids. We are a country of 300 million people.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2014
We are not being overrun by these kids. We are a country of 300 million people.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy downplays concerns about the number of unaccompanied children arriving in the U.S.

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