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Jamie Raskin: “The American people are up in arms about reports, both from the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2019
The American people are up in arms about reports, both from the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security and the media and various human rights groups, about the dangerous overcrowding, spreading infections, influenza, diarrhea and lice, pervasive medical inattention, sexual assault, and systematic abuse of the rights of migrants in U.S. Government care and custody at the border.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin addresses the humanitarian crisis at the border and public outrage.

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