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Cory Booker: “There are no children in there.”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Inside Delaney Hall: An Assault on Human Dignity

Published | Video Starts at 03:30

Well, not open air, but like big, you know, fenced in places with like, you know, reams of bunk beds? What is it like? Are there kids in there? Well, There are no children in there. Although I did meet 18 year olds and 19 year olds again. I was very struck by the thick New Jersey accent of one young man who was telling me … (03:30–03:32)

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Asserts that there are no children in the detention facility.

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