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Veronica Escobar: “Here in El Paso, we saw military personnel with long guns…”

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

Congresswoman Escobar joins CNN's OutFront

Published May 3, 2023 | Video Starts at 00:58

During the last administration then President Trump used our military personnel to actually interact with migrants and take on a quasi law enforcement role. In fact, Here in El Paso, we saw military personnel with long guns turning migrants away at our ports of entry. Our United States military should have absolutely no role in law enforcement. I spoke with Secretary Mayorkas this morning. None of that is going to be happening this go round. (00:58–01:07)

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Asserts that military personnel turned migrants away at ports of entry in El Paso during the Trump administration.

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