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Amy Klobuchar: “This administration is going after the fifth Amendment, the…”

Featuring: Amy Klobuchar, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Minnesota

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Senator Klobuchar on the Senate Floor: Alex Pretti and Renee Good Should Still be Alive Today

Published | Video Starts at 03:20

They've been violating the fourth Amendment, ramming into people's homes without a judicial warrant. Agents have been demanding, without even reasonable suspicion that Minnesotans show proof of citizenship just based on how they look. And This administration is going after the fifth Amendment, the right to due process. It has denied detainees access to counsel. And as the chief judge in the District of Minnesota, a former clerk to Justice Scalia and a George Bush appointee, has made clear they have been defying court orders. (03:20–03:28)

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Asserts that the administration has denied detainees access to legal counsel, violating the Fifth Amendment.

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