Veronica Escobar: “It's really important that we deal with the root causes of…”

“But I'll tell you, as soon as the weather starts warming up, we are going to probably see even more families arriving at our doorstep, which is why It's really important that we deal with the root causes of migration. and not just deal with them via cruelty, which is essentially the Trump administration response. So, Congresswoman, let's, let's deal with the root causes right here, because nearly all we talk about 99% of the time is the wall, the wall, the wall.” (06:45–06:50)

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