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Joaquin Castro: “The population of families went up a little bit. It's now…”

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

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And you have kids who have multiple cavities that haven't gotten dental treatment, adults that need medical care that haven't gotten it. And what changed this time? Well, first, The population of families went up a little bit. It's now 130something people. It was about 100 a week ago. so it's gone up to 150,000. 130something. 130something. Family units. That's right. Family units. Almost 500 people here. Right. And so, you know. Yeah, I mean, you just have a lot of desperate folks that I. (00:56–01:03)

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Asserts that the population of families in the Dilley facility increased from about 100 to 130.

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