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Markwayne Mullin: “The vast majority of the 146,000 [children] were obtained…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 22:38

We have either found legal sponsors for the child and then have gone through the process of deporting the individuals. The vast majority of the 146,000 [children] were obtained illegally. The vast majority. And so charges are still moving forward with those. I am not able to release the exact number of the individuals that were being the children that were being exported and trafficked. (22:38–22:43)

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Asserts that most of the 146,000 children were obtained illegally.

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