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Ayanna Pressley: “This is not -- this is unsanitary. It is a public health issue. And it is inhumane.”

On the recordJuly 1, 2019
This is not -- this is unsanitary. It is a public health issue. And it is inhumane.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley describes the conditions in migrant detention facilities as unsanitary and a violation of public health and human rights.

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