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Sylvia Garcia: “I was very concerned about family members telling me that…”

Featuring: Sylvia Garcia, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 29th Congressional District

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We have been doing it already by not voting against funding, but apparently it's not making a change. We need real change. The only other thing that I'm, I can share with you, that he did commit to, I was very concerned about family members telling me that the three people that are detained at Conroe were being pressured by ICE to submit voluntary statements and to sign a voluntary deportation form. And we were real concerned about that because we, we want to make sure that we talk to them. They're the only witnesses. The lawyer was at the earlier press conference this morning. (06:13–06:34)

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