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Ted Cruz: “300,000 children that the prior administration had in…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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FULL CONVERSATION AG Pam Bondi, Ted Cruz Detail Efforts To End Weaponization Of Government

Published | Video Starts at 15:19

And it's all, we all have to work together. And working with Homeland Security has been great, too. So one of the most shocking statistics from the prior administration is the number 300,000, 300,000 children that the prior administration had in custody and that they lost, that they do not know where they are. We know that many of those children are being abused right now. Tell me about the efforts, you and Homeland Security and the Trump administration, the efforts you are doing to find those children and to get them out of harm's way. (15:19–15:27)

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Asserts that the prior administration lost track of 300,000 children in custody.

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