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Veronica Escobar: “The county of El Paso has struggled to get any information…”

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

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Rep. Escobar Questions Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons at House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 06:08

There were hundreds of. Of members of their community who attended the city council meeting to oppose these new facilities. Local leaders are uniformly opposed to any new facilities. And Mr. Lyons, The county of El Paso has struggled to get any information from ICE. They've had to sue in order to try to get information. Is ICE or DHS still planning on proceeding with the three warehouses? Well, ma', am, Secretary Mullen is. (06:08–06:14)

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Asserts that El Paso County has had difficulty obtaining information from ICE.

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