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Ruben Gallego: “We used to classify them as essential workers, right? But…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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They Arrested Him While He Was Delivering Milk to His Newborn

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How many teachers are DACA recipients? How many EMTs, firefighters, people that are very essential. As a matter of fact, during COVID we used to cause people, We used to classify them as essential workers, right? But because they're not essential workers, when we want to deport them. and that's a really good example of the hypocrisy of this nation right now. So you were brought to the US as an undocumented child. What part? From Chihuahua to Tijuana, Mexico. (04:16–04:23)

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Asserts that DACA recipients were classified as essential workers during COVID but are not considered essential when deportation is discussed.

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