We have now located 160,000 plus in a very short time. We've got a whole department stood up just to do this with a task force with partners all across the states, except, Except in some of our blue states that absolutely refuse to work with us. This 17 year old that was traveling with six males, all in this country illegally, either with criminal records or had final deportation orders, traveling from Arizona across country, we'd been looking for her. (19:31–19:38)
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Claims that some Democratic-led states refuse to cooperate with efforts to locate children.
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