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Beto O'Rourke: “US citizen children, including one with stage 4 cancer, was…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 41:25

But that is what's happening here today. And we know it's not just immigrants. We know that US citizen children, including one with stage 4 cancer, was deported without her medication. Right now, this cruelty is being done in the name of each and every single one of us as long as we hold any hope of being a government of, by and for the people. (41:25–41:32)

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