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Ayanna Pressley: “Your entire family, your parents and your one year old…”

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

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In Boycott of SOTU, Rep. Pressley Dedicated Floor Speech to Children Traumatized by ICE

Published | Video Starts at 01:04

The stress and trauma of being shackled and locked up in the precious days of postpartum made nursing impossible. You were finally seen by a doctor, returned to the baby prison that is Dilly. And then mere hours later, Your entire family, your parents and your one year old sister Mia, were forcefully deported and left along the side of the road in Mexico. You, my sweet boy, are precious and deserving of love and safety. No child should endure what you're going through. Journalists, pediatricians and people of good conscience have rallied around your family to keep you safe. (01:04–01:15)

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