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Beto O'Rourke: “This country took that baby from her arms, deported the mom…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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… because if she had stayed back in Honduras or Guatemala or El Salvador, that little kid would be dead doing what all of us would do in the same situation. This country took that baby from her arms, deported the mom back to Central America, and put that kid into the foster care system in this country. We hope not the foster care system in the state of Texas, because it is the worst run foster care system in America right now. We didn't like that. (54:05–54:15)

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