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Joaquin Castro: “We also asked ICE whether it's true that they plan to build…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 23:49

That's our goal. Unfortunately, the numbers for families went up from 100 people, 102 people to about 138 people over the last week or so. We also asked ICE whether it's true that they plan to build another family detention center in Louisiana. And also we asked the question about families being detained in hotels rather than being sent to facilities. So those were some of the questions that they refused to answer that they're taking back to Washington. (23:49–23:57)

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Asserts that ICE was questioned about plans to build a new family detention center in Louisiana.

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