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J. D. Vance: “320,000 children that the Department of Homeland Security…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 19:34

And the final point, Margaret, is you ask about family separation. Right now in this country, Margaret, we have 320,000 children that the Department of Homeland Security has effectively lost. Some of them have been sex trafficked. Some of them hopefully are at homes with their families. Some of them have been used as drug trafficking mules. (19:34–19:41)

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Asserts that the Department of Homeland Security has lost track of 320,000 children.

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