Some of these children thought they were going to be united with a relative or parent, but they ended up being trafficked or forced to work to pay for their smuggling debts. And let's not forget the other side of the problem. Among the 500,000 unaccompanied minor children President Biden led into the country, some were members of the Tren el Aqua and MS.13 gangs. Many of these so called children were 17 year olds or virtually, for all practical purposes, adults. Some of them had already committed crimes in their home country and continued their criminal conduct here in the United States. (03:09–03:22)
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Claims some unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. were gang members.
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