Veronica Escobar: “One in five American suffers from mental illness.”

“So the community is in stress. And this is true across the country. It's not just El Paso. It's not just Latino communities. We know that One in five American suffers from mental illness. We know for a fact that 911 calls specifically related to domestic violence have gone up in this country by 35%.” (21:18–21:23)

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