Gwen Moore: “I was the author of the Violence Against Women Act.”

“I think that right now if we follow through with deporting, particularly either one of these individuals, Ms. Oriano or Mr. Reyes, it will embolden criminals. Just to take a slight tangent, but to make my point, I was the author of the Violence Against Women Act. when we put in the provisions to protect indigenous women who were 9, 10 times as likely to be murdered and raped and end up missing. And why was that?” (18:35–18:38)

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