Cory Booker: “It is an assault not just on the dignity of the people that…”

“I know this fundamentally that Americans, regardless if you're independent, Republican or Democrat, this is a moral stain. It is an assault not just on the dignity of the people that are there, but it actually implicates the dignity of our entire country. And so I know that we are on the right side of history and that will bring this to an end. But right now we need to help people in their habeas claims.” (07:18–07:25)

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