Joaquin Castro on Liam Conejo Ramos and Why He Thinks ICE Should Be ‘Disbanded’

Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro recently escorted 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father out of an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas. He joins NOTUS’ Reese Gorman to talk about the effort to get the child out of detention, his thoughts on funding ICE, the state of the Senate race in Texas and what it’s like being identical twins with another politician.

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