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On the recordOctober 2, 2020
You have no way to protect these women in this crowded scenario. There is a men's site. By the way, this is a for-profit center, so they take U.S. Marshals individuals. They take county individuals. It is just a potpourri of persons. They have women who have been there for 3-plus years. I don't blame the workers or even the agencies, the subagency. It is the policies of this administration dealing with immigrants who are human beings and have due process rights accordingly, as being in the United States. I leave you with this: Please pass H. Res. 1153 because this is drawn by this woman who says liberty because we are daughters, we are mothers, we are human beings. The Nation is better than this. Vote for H. Res. 1153 to stop these procedures and stop these prisons from taking advantage of us. Mr. Speaker, as a leader of this resolution and a senior member of the House Judiciary and Homeland Committees, I rise in strong support of H. Res. 1153, ``Condemning Unwanted, Unnecessary Medical Procedures on Individuals Without Their Full, Informed Consent''. First and foremost, I would like to thank my fellow co-leads of this resolution, Representatives Jayapal, Kuster, Garcia, and Frankel as well as all 224 members who have supported this resolution. H. Res.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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