Adriano Espaillat actually said...

Well, let me just State for the record, Madam Chair, that in my efforts to advocate for three folks, including a student at NYU high school--at NYU college and two relatives of Members of our Armed Forces, I entered what looked to be a holding facility in a jail. I was surrounded and accosted by Members of Custom and Border Patrol, denied my right to contact one of their superiors. I felt that that was a very threatening moment, not just for me, but for any American.

09/23/2019

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