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Stephen Lynch: “They have access to medical care, food, recreation, access…”

Featuring: Stephen Lynch, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 03:48

The level of care that they're receiving. So I give, I give ICE no credit on this. They just deliver them to Plymouth County Corrections, and that's where the care starts. So They have access to medical care, food, recreation, access to their families. They're all given tablets where they can communicate with their families, with their attorneys. And as Jim and Ayanna and myself, we've been to other facilities that this is not the case. (03:48–03:57)

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Asserts that detainees have access to medical care, food, recreation, and family contact.

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