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Chris Murphy: “They wouldn't let me in to see the facility. That was…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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'These Conditions Are Abysmal': Chris Murphy Demands Action On Trump's ICE Detention Centers

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

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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