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Henry Cuellar: “He [President Trump] was wrong on the, you know, separating…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas says Biden administration needs a clear plan _ USA TODAY

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

I disagree with them on the war. He wants to build a wall here. A Wall is a 14th century solution to a 21st century issue that we have. He was wrong. He [President Trump] was wrong on the, you know, separating the kids from the family. I mean, that was horrible. That was horrible. But some of his people in Homeland, we talked under the Obama administration, actually, I worked a lot with the Vice President. (01:29–01:41)

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Asserts that President Trump's policy of separating children from their families was wrong.

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