We learned that up to 250.000 children currently serve as combatants. porters. human mine detectors and sex slaves in staterun armies. paramilitaries and guerilla groups around the world. Under treaties that we have ratified. there is a clear legal prohibition on recruiting and using child soldiers. But. as we learned at our hearing. recruiting and using child soldiers does not violate U.S. criminal or immigration law. Senator COBURN and I introduced the Child Soldiers Accountability Act to close this loophole in the law. This legislation will make it illegal under U.S. criminal and immigration law to recruit or use child soldiers. This bipartisan bill will ensure that those who recruit or use children as soldiers will not find safe haven in our country. It will give the U.S.
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