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Greg Casar: “We went and typed immigration law into the computer and it…”

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 01:53

It's totally empty. They're reading off of a piece of paper, which they've been told to do. And then We went and typed immigration law into the computer and it said access denied. Later, we went and talked with folks incarcerated here and they said the WI fi has actually been down for weeks. And so I think they put them on lockdown when we come. (01:53–01:58)

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Asserts that access to immigration law information on library computers was denied.

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