On the recordJuly 23, 2019
But yet I have to tell you that throughout our visit to the Homestead facility, it was obvious to all of us that the shelter was run more like a prison than like a child-appropriate housing.
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congress.govLucille Roybal-Allard: “But yet I have to tell you that throughout our visit to the Homestead facility, it was obvious to all of us that the…”
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Roybal-Allard criticizes the Homestead facility's conditions for children, comparing it to a prison.
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I just want to point out that in our own country, we are also guilty of child abuse in the workforce.
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