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James Lankford: “I've identified over 3,300 children. There were…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Lankford Highlights Minnesota's Refusal to Cooperate with Federal Immigration Enforcement

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

In a press conference during this time period, he also announced that they have had 4,000 total arrests of folks that are undocumented in Operation Metro Surgeon I've identified over 3,300 children. There were unaccompanied minors that we didn't know their whereabouts. They were lost during the last administration that those kids were also identified. As far as where they are, we have some kids that have been lost into labor trafficking and all kinds of things on it. (00:23–00:32)

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Asserts that over 3,300 unaccompanied minors were identified whose whereabouts were previously unknown.

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