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Veronica Escobar: “Camp East Montana is privately run.”

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 01:36

I want to thank you for the time that you gave me and my team yesterday. I. I think it was a productive and fruitful conversation. And much of what we talked about is Camp East Montana is privately run. the largest immigration detention facility in the country. It is privately run. It's $1.24 billion. And I have been sounding the alarm about that facility and that contractor for some time now. (01:36–01:38)

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