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Veronica Escobar: “In El Paso, we call it the child separation policy, because…”

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

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Rep. Veronica Escobar Seeks Answers on Trump's Family Separation Policy (Part 1)

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

I understand that prosecution initiative, like many others we have done, but we can pull that information. Okay. And I'll tell you. And so if we could have that, I'd appreciate that we do. In El Paso, we call it the child separation policy, because that is exactly what happened. I know it's far more academic to call it by its governmental name, but those of us who have actually sat with the families who've been separated and then reunited, we have seen the trauma firsthand. (01:19–01:26)

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Asserts that the family separation policy is referred to as the child separation policy in El Paso due to its impact.

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