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Ilhan Omar: “They were usually disappearing people within three hours…”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Rep. ILHAN OMAR Talks Terror In Minneapolis And Becoming American

Published | Video Starts at 52:45

And so you're caring for your constituents and trying to provide as much information as you can and chasing down people who've disappeared through a maze of a system, trying to identify where they are, where they've been taken to, because They were usually disappearing people within three hours from the state. So that was very difficult for us to track people down. And then you're worried, you know, if one of your family members is going to be next. (52:45–52:48)

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