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On the recordJuly 13, 2014
When you have 8 or 9-year-old girl who's being raped by gangs that are sending them up here, are they being sent by their parents to escape that kind of violence, I'm not sure Americans all really feel we should immediately send them back.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Senator Leahy discusses the plight of young girls fleeing violence in Central America.

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