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Veronica Escobar: “There have been multiple deaths at Camp East Montana.”

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 08:11

… local leadership on the ground, state, local, municipality level, to have that community engagement, to have those discussions. I appreciate that. I'm eager to see that happen. One last question. There have been multiple deaths at Camp East Montana. One of those deaths, Geraldo Lunas campos, died in ICE custody on January 3rd of this year. The El Paso county medical examiner determined that was a homicide. (08:11–08:15)

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