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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We had heard reports that there were hundreds of people in the El Paso border station.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2019
We had heard reports that there were hundreds of people in the El Paso border station.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Referring to reports of overcrowding in border facilities.

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