Ayanna Pressley: “This is a waste of money and a waste of time.”

“I asked about where are most of the detainees from and the countries were Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador and Honduras, with some rare exceptions. But what is very clear is that This is a waste of money and a waste of time. And for what? We have separated families, we are causing trauma and we have people that are providing valuable contributions to community of which we are all being denied.” (07:35–07:40)

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