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Ruben Gallego: “More than half [of the detainees] have US Citizen kids.”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Sen Ruben Gallego discusses local U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions during a town ha

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

People that have been here and have family. They have family. Why are we separating families? Some of the detainees we're talking today, I want to say More than half [of the detainees] have US Citizen kids. They have no criminal record set for them entering the country illegally. I think they should pay a fine for that. (01:35–01:40)

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Asserts that over half of the detainees have children who are US citizens.

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