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Robert Garcia: “Members of Congress have been allowed to provide oversight…”

Featuring: Robert Garcia, Democratic | U.S. House California, 42nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 37:16

Let me add something down here. Yeah. I want to add one thing. This is really important, important point. Traditionally, and Mayor Bass knows this, Members of Congress have been allowed to provide oversight at the detention centers. whether it's the downtown facility or any other facility where folks are being detained or kept. That has been an ongoing rule that has followed. It's actually a law in the United States. (37:16–37:27)

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Asserts that members of Congress traditionally have oversight access to detention centers.

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