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Greg Casar: “The high schoolers that I spoke to are just told to sit in a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:31

But Congressman Gasser and I were just talking to a five year old who has a mouth full of cavities and who has not had those cavities addressed for months since the last visit. They tell us that they've got classrooms, but The high schoolers that I spoke to are just told to sit in a room and draw all day. They tell us folks can get access to free legal advice online. But when I went up to the computer and typed in immigration law, we realized the computers are not hooked up to the Internet and that they haven't had Internet for weeks. (06:31–06:38)

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Asserts that detained high schoolers at Dilley are not receiving proper education.

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