He was given aspirin to deal with the pain. Clearly, after weeks of that kind of break, his bones were fusing in a way that he would very likely need surgery. … Angie Craig... constituent... detained the week she was supposed to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst. … held her for four months, refused to let her get her surgery. She was finally released on humanitarian parole. It took Senate intervention. (02:43–02:57)
CLAIM
Asserts that a detainee was prevented from having necessary surgery due to detention.
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