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Hillary Wants to End Deportation Raids

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Give lawyers to kids who arrived without parents.

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Hillary Clinton on Monday urged President Obama to end deportation raids and provide legal support for all children who arrived last year at the U.S.-Mexico border without parents. The Democratic presidential frontrunner has faced increase pressure to take a stand on raids that were launched on New Year’s weekend and have resulted in the arrest of at least 121 people. Clinton denounced the raids at Iowa’s Brown & Black Forum, which allows each Democratic candidate to separately address minority communities. The raids have targeted Central American immigrant families that arrived in the U.S. since 2014.

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