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Joaquin Castro: “The policy at Dilley for [women over 18] if they need dental…”

Featuring: Joaquin Castro, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 20th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 29:32

They are in that Blue Butterfly camp. So we visited with them and, and one of them said, a few of them said actually that The policy at Dilley for [women over 18] if they need dental care is that to get anything other than a tooth extraction you have to have stayed there at least a year. Otherwise your choice is live in pain, perhaps with ibuprofen or something, or get your tooth extracted. (29:32–29:48)

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Asserts that Dilley requires women over 18 to stay a year for dental care beyond extractions.

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