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July 12, 2019 | Clip Of Hearing on Border Child Separation Policy 2019-07-12T10:53:02-04:00 https://images.c-span.org/Files/cc3/20190712105621002_hd.jpg During her testimony at today's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the child separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, Representative Alexandria Osasio-Cortez (D-NY) talks about her interactions with 17 women who were being held at detention facilities, and reports that some were forced to drink from toilets and sleep on concrete floors. The congresswoman also takes the unusual step of asking to be sworn in. Her testimony is interrupted near the end with the fainting of a staffer on the dais.

During her testimony at today's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the child separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico… read more

During her testimony at today's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the child separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, Representative Alexandria Osasio-Cortez (D-NY) talks about her interactions with 17 women who were being held at detention facilities, and reports that some were forced to drink from toilets and sleep on concrete floors. The congresswoman also takes the unusual step of asking to be sworn in. Her testimony is interrupted near the end with the fainting of a staffer on the dais. close

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