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Protestors Blast Sounds of Crying Kids for Nielsen

June 22, 2018 at 12:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“First, they drove her out of a Mexican restaurant, now people are protesting against Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at her Virginia home by blasting out audio of crying immigrant children on her street,” the Daily Beast reports.

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