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Michael Bennet: “Donald Trump started to separate kids from their parents at…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Phil Weiser, Michael Bennet on their differences in Colorado's race for governor

Published | Video Starts at 02:41

And she was separated from her parents for three years, told that her parents had been killed and I know that that has generational trauma associated with it. She called me. I'm very happy that she's still alive. When Donald Trump started to separate kids from their parents at the border. and said to me, michael, I see myself and the kids in the border, and I think it's very important for us to see ourselves in the immigrant community that's being attacked by Donald Trump. (02:41–02:45)

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Asserts that Donald Trump initiated the policy of separating children from their parents at the border.

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