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Patrick Leahy: “We can't turn our backs on these kids. We can't hold ourselves up... as some paradigm of human rights protections.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2014
We can't turn our backs on these kids. We can't hold ourselves up... as some paradigm of human rights protections.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy argues against deporting children and highlights the U.S. commitment to human rights.

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