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John Cornyn: “We don't know how many of them are recruited into gangs…”

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

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Cornyn Blasts Dem For Blocking Kayla Hamilton Act, Named For Child Killed By MS-13 Member

Published | Video Starts at 09:08

So desperate parents sent their children from faraway places to come to the United States only to be placed with individuals who were not properly vetted and certainly households that could have involved sexual offenders and other predators and crimes. We don't know how many of them are recruited into gangs, trafficked for sex or involuntary labor. This is a catastrophe that I think we've only begun to understand. Now, thank goodness Tom Homan and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement have rescued many of these children, but nowhere near the number that have been released into the country by the Biden administration. (09:08–09:16)

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