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Greg Casar: “6,200 kids have been locked up by Donald Trump [since] the…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressman Greg Casar on Children Suffering at Dilley Detention Center

Published | Video Starts at 01:34

Donald Trump keeps saying that he's got all this money to go to war, but not for health care. He says he's got all this money to lock up kids. 6, 200 6,200 kids have been locked up by Donald Trump [since] the beginning of his administration. But he says that there isn't money to help people with their child care. It's just sick, it's wrong. (01:34–01:39)

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