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Henry Cuellar: “In January of this year, 8% of the encounters that we had…”

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

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Rep. Cuellar on Anderson Cooper 360

Published | Video Starts at 03:09

Well, it was expected because they focused only on the pull factor and don't focus on the push factor. What happens in Central America? Let me give you the numbers. In January of this year, 8% of the encounters that we had, 8% were unaccompanied kids. Unaccompanied kids. When you look at the family units, maybe it's about 10%. The rest are single adults. And the single adults, they're being returned under Title 42, which is the 1944 law that Trump started using. (03:09–03:17)

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Asserts that 8% of migrant encounters in January 2021 were unaccompanied children.

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