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Ayanna Pressley: “Children denied formula, water too putrid to drink. Sick…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Rallies to End to Child and Family Detention, Stop Traumatizing Our Neighbors

Published | Video Starts at 00:49

Three months ago, I stood in the well of the house floor and decried the child abuse taking place behind the wall at the Dilley Detention Center. A baby prison. Children denied formula, water too putrid to drink. Sick babies, children with disabilities deteriorating. Fathers holding their babies in their arms as they scream, unable to sleep under the bright prison. Children's drawings torn to shreds by guards to try to hide the truth from the world. (00:49–00:57)

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Asserts that children at the Dilley Detention Center are denied basic necessities and are in poor health.

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