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Veronica Escobar: “The American taxpayer is paying for clothes to be laundered…”

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

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U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar calls for DHS, ICE brief on Camp East Montana

Published | Video Starts at 03:09

They were still wearing the same clothes they were arrested in three weeks ago. So they've. Their clothes have not been laundered. They've been living. They still had their snow boots on from Minnesota. And yet The American taxpayer is paying for clothes to be laundered two to three times a week. So my question to the Folks at the facility today, who's checking this and why are we paying for services like this? The American taxpayer is losing health insurance, losing nutrition programs. (03:09–03:15)

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Asserts that taxpayers fund laundry services two to three times a week at Camp East Montana.

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