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Alex Padilla: “The federalization of the National Guard [is] not only not…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla Discusses Immigration Enforcement and Personal Detainment Incident

Published | Video Starts at 01:53

Couldn'T answer the question or either couldn't or wouldn't. And frankly, that says a lot, right, in terms of the time. Well, among other things, their justification for the, The federalization of the National Guard [is] not only not necessary, but counterproductive, as we've seen this last week in Los Angeles. And also just truth, you know, for all the talk about the focus and targeting of violent criminals, if that's all the Trump administration was doing, there would be no debate. (01:53–02:01)

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