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Veronica Escobar: “There were 200 women who had been held for over a month outdoors in 90-plus degree heat.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2019
There were 200 women who had been held for over a month outdoors in 90-plus degree heat.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

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Escobar describes dire conditions faced by women at a Border Patrol station.

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