Adam Schiff: “The federal government does not have the right to coerce…”

“You're going to help us with massive ICE raids in urban centers, going after people who are simply undocumented and have no other criminal record. The federal government may make that poor policy decision, may violate The federal government does not have the right to coerce states and local governments into becoming an arm of federal immigration enforcement. So he's flat wrong about that. And what's more, for him to blame the cities and blame the states for flooding the streets of America with of poorly trained agents who are shooting Americans in cold blood in the street and through windshields is despicable.” (00:59–01:15)

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