Mary Gonzalez: “A year ago, Tornillo Tent city was put also in my district…”

“You have to realize that my district has been at the forefront of this issue for over a year while everybody is re engaged in the child separation, family separation, child detention issue. Now, A year ago, Tornillo Tent city was put also in my district where there were thousands of children in tents for months. This is not something that is new to my district, but we're exhausted of it because my district is a rural farming community full of the most humble and loving and compassionate people.” (01:16–01:26)

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