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Adriano Espaillat: “I entered the facility, Mr. Hoffman, and I say facility because it had all the characteristics of a jailhouse.”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
I entered the facility, Mr. Hoffman, and I say facility because it had all the characteristics of a jailhouse.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat describes his experience at JFK Airport during the Muslim ban.

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