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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “When we were at these facilities, one of the things that I had noticed was that there were these tents in the back…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2019
When we were at these facilities, one of the things that I had noticed was that there were these tents in the back with--I mean, they looked like cages, and I know that a lot of the migrants, they call the cold rooms 'hieleras,' and they call these pens 'perreras,' dog pounds.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Describing the conditions of migrant facilities she visited.

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