A further outrage is the fact that these prisoners, many of which are here legally, these people shouldn't be in detention at all, have no access to lawyers. I was in Texas a few months ago. They wouldn't let me in to see the facility. That was illegal in and of itself. denying a member of the Senate access to these federally run, federally paid for facilities. (00:47–00:53)
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