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Joaquin Castro: “They've been given talking points about what they can and…”

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

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Reps. Greg Casar and Joaquin Castro Visit ICE Detention Facility

Published | Video Starts at 01:36

His young son wetbacks or mojados. And so we took that up with the facility here. But, you know, they also have been instructed now. They've been given talking points about what they can and can't say. And so all we were read from a lot of these folks is talking points. Yeah, I mean, we walked into the law library with computers up and we were told like, these are the computers that everybody can use. (01:36–01:40)

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Asserts that detainees at the Dilley facility have been given talking points restricting their communication.

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