Cory Booker: “One woman who just gave birth weeks ago as postpartum, was…”

“So these are our neighbors, these are people that are part of our community and they're enduring facilities that are not meeting their adequate medical needs. Many of them told me very difficult stories. There are people there. One woman who just gave birth weeks ago as postpartum, was nurse feeding her American baby and was pulled into that again with no criminal charges, but having a lack of documentation. This is not the dignity that we should be affording to people. It is not only an assault on their dignity, it's an implication of, of our humanity that we're allowing this private corporation for profit corporation to provide such inadequate facilities.” (03:58–04:10)

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