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Veronica Escobar: “A city of 36,000 people does not have the infrastructure for…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Rep. Escobar Questions Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons at House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 07:23

So I welcome the chance when we go down there to show you exactly what we actually plan to do. Mr. Lyons, I am going to urge you to reconsider. The community is uniformly opposed to this. As I mentioned, A city of 36,000 people does not have the infrastructure for a facility of the magnitude that DHS is wanting to build. And there has been zero community consultation. 0.0community involvement, community engagement. Before there are any. Before there's any forward movement, would you commit to meeting with local leaders to hear directly from them? (07:23–07:35)

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