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Veronica Escobar: “These warehouses were purchased, taken off the tax rolls for…”

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 28:01

They were documented immigrants with work permits who entered the country legally with no criminal record. Camp East Montana, $1.24 billion. These warehouses were purchased, taken off the tax rolls for 122 million. There will likely be hundreds of millions of dollars put into them to retrofit them, to take them from holding pecans to holding human beings, whether those human beings are in detention or personnel or whatever. (28:01–28:07)

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