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O'ROURKE: "I think without accountability you won't have justice. Without justice, you will not have rule of law in this country, and without accepting that no person, no matter what office he occupies, is above the law, then this country is not going to fulfill its promise or live according to its Constitution. So yes, there have to be consequences for people who rejected asylum seekers who were lawfully trying to present themselves at our international ports of entry, with not a penny to their name, fearing for their lives and the lives of their kids, attempted again to follow our laws by crossing in between ports of entry, arrested themselves, and this is the parlance of the border patrol agents, they tell us they don't flee detection and apprehension, they turn themselves in seeking refuge and shelter from a country of refugees and asylum seekers. And to be met not with salvation but your worst nightmare, that child torn from your arms by force, put into a cage, you deported back to the very country from which you fled, yes, there has to be consequence for those kind of actions, and I want to make sure we hold everyone responsible accountable."