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Veronica Escobar: “There were four people on site on August 1st.”

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

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Congresswoman Escobar holds press conference on migrant detention center

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

I think that's really important to say off the bat. So as I mentioned, Rep. Tony Gonzalez told face the nation 100,000 folks on site August 1st. Misspoke. Think he meant 100 people? No, There were four people on site on August 1st. And then it slowly, over the course of some days and weeks ramped up to 25 people, then 50 people, all in the effort to open yesterday, basically become operational yesterday with 1000 people on site. (01:06–01:10)

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Asserts that only four people were on site at the facility on August 1st.

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