Kirk demands background checks on immigrant kids

Published July 11, 2014 7:34pm ET



CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is demanding criminal background checks on the unaccompanied children that have crossed the U.S. border with Mexico.

According to Kirk, 429 unaccompanied minors are living in Chicago.

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