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Veronica Escobar: You have families that live in third world conditions in the state of Texas with a modern city just miles away.

On the recordJuly 18, 2017
You have families that live in third world conditions in the state of Texas with a modern city just miles away.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Describing poor living conditions in Texas colonias.

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