Jasmine Crockett: “There's a young woman, a black woman, who I consider to be a…”

“I have made sure that even though I currently serve in the Dallas area, that I went to El Paso and made sure that I evaluated that ICE facility. I also want people to know that There's a young woman, a black woman, who I consider to be a little sister to me, Lamonica McIvor, who literally is facing 17 years in prison right now in New Jersey because she had the audacity to do the oversight that she is required to do as a sitting member of Congress at Delaney hall in New Jersey. And guess what? Delaney hall has recently had a couple of deaths on their hands. So she was trying to prevent that.” (05:11–05:30)

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