Adam Schiff: “Trump promised to go after [illegal] immigrants who are also…”

“And we'll be able to work with the local police, because it's the breach. Of that promise that's at the heart of a lot of these difficulties. That is, Trump promised to go after [illegal] immigrants who are also violent criminals, but instead, he has been completely indiscriminate in who he is picking up or ordering his immigration authorities to pick up. Months ago, for example, I met with farm workers. I met with the children of farm workers who had their dads deported away from them, people who were stopped at traffic stops or at gas stations, people who had no criminal record whatsoever.” (00:50–01:04)

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