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Greg Casar: “Family units. Almost 500 people here.”

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

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Reps. Greg Casar and Joaquin Castro Visit ICE Detention Facility

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

Well, first, the population of families went up a little bit. It's now 130something people. It was about 100 a week ago, so it's gone up to 150,000. 130something. 130something. Family units. That's right. Family units. Almost 500 people here. Right. And so, you know. Yeah, I mean, you just have a lot of desperate folks that I. Folks that in some cases are really being mistreated. (01:05–01:09)

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