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Beto O'Rourke: “The mass deportation, the immigration detention system…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 06:26

But what is also immoral is the amount of money that is being poured into this immoral system. That facility that I toured on Monday is $1.24 billion. Just that one facility altogether. The mass deportation, the immigration detention system funded in the big ugly bill. $45 billion. You know what we could do with $45 billion? We could house every homeless individual in America for half of that. We could house every homeless individual for half of that. (06:26–06:38)

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Asserts that the immigration detention system is funded with $45 billion in the bill.

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