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Eric Swalwell: “A six-year-old boy and his mother and his brother were met…”

Featuring: Eric Swalwell, Democratic | U.S. House California, 14th Congressional District

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Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell

Published | Video Starts at 05:53

I want to tell you how cruel these people have been to Californians and why we need a fighter protector. Just a month ago, just a month ago, A six-year-old boy and his mother and his brother were met by ICE agents at their home early in the morning. The mother pleaded with the agents that her six year old boy is deaf and he needed his assistive listening devices. Do you think they cared? (05:53–06:06)

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Asserts that ICE agents conducted a morning raid on a family, including a deaf child.

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