“I met with 174 women, in three different pods. I went from one pod to the next. The vast majority were Spanish speaking, but there was a group of Chinese speakers and some others. We had a Spanish interpreter. The women would all answer at once sometimes. I did a lot of ‘raise your hand’ questions. ‘How many are asylum seekers?’ The majority lifted up their hands.”
— Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Pramila Jayapal—‘They Could Hear Their Children Screaming for Them in the Next Room’
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