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John Cornyn: “The passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn Chairs Hearing on Biden's Endangering of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Published | Video Starts at 11:02

And tragically, the speed at which the Biden administration released these children seemed to take precedence over ensuring that they were safe and that their sponsors were properly vetted. Additionally, The passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization act created a similar perverse incentive. This law created a process for the government to send unaccompanied children from Mexico or Canada back to their home country after screening them for trafficking or credible fear. (11:02–11:10)

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Asserts that the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act created an incentive for unaccompanied minors to enter the U.S.

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