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Veronica Escobar: “We're seeing a 365% increase for detention annually, a 500%…”

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

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5 14 25 House Appropriations Committee Oversight Hearing of ICE

Published | Video Starts at 03:17

And through the Republican reconciliation bill, we're going to see exposure, explosive growth in immigration detention and therefore likely explosive growth in what we've seen so far $80 billion of an increase in the reconciliation bill. That's We're seeing a 365% increase for detention annually, a 500% increase for transportation annually. I am wondering if you have this information, how many total detention beds does the reconciliation package create? In other words, what does that increase in funding via reconciliation translate into in terms of beds? (03:17–03:28)

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Asserts that there is a 365% annual increase in detention and a 500% annual increase in transportation funding.

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