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Veronica Escobar: “The Department of Homeland Security is going to proceed with…”

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

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LIVE: El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar holds press conference.

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

Not everyone could make it, but our goal was for the acting director to hear directly from the stakeholders who would be impacted by the three detention facilities in Socorro. And we learned some new information. The Department of Homeland Security is going to proceed with using those warehouses, but there will not be 8,500 people held there. They said that they've changed the plans a little bit. It will be a training facility. It will be a campus essentially for ICE with offices and conference rooms. (01:06–01:19)

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Asserts that DHS will use warehouses but not hold 8,500 people there.

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