… seems to want to discuss why we continue to incentivize parents and other relatives to pay criminal organizations large sums of money to smuggle their children into the United States. We have laws on the books now that encourage children to make that treacherous journey through South America to enter the country illegally. The problem, it seems to me, is one of the government's own making. And it's not a problem that began with President Trump or President Biden, but dates back to 1985 with a legal decision called the Flores Case. (08:29–08:38)
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Asserts that current laws incentivize children to travel through South America to enter the U.S. illegally.
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