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Adriano Espaillat: Well, let me just State for the record, Madam Chair, that in my efforts to advocate for three folks, including a student…

On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
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.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat describes a threatening encounter with Customs and Border Patrol while advocating for detainees.

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