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Joaquin Castro: “We believe that Dilley should be closed.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 22:46

So Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, is actively facilitating and promoting this work. And so we have been grateful to all Americans who have spoken up. We believe that Dilley should be closed. We don't believe that any child should be in that kind of traumatic detention or prison. Those parents, as Greg mentioned, not a single one of them has any criminal record. (22:46–22:49)

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Asserts the belief that the Dilley detention facility should be closed.

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