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Andy Biggs: “You are actually committing a federal crime every time…”

Featuring: Andy Biggs, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 5

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Congressman Andy Biggs Challenges Governors on Sanctuary Policies and Immigration Enforcement

Published | Video Starts at 05:32

You do violate the law, you are sanctuary cities. And every one of you sitting there, if you don't know that by now, you should know it walking out of here, that You are actually committing a federal crime every time someone does that, because you don't have the authority under federal law or under the Constitution to negate even a civil warrant for someone who's violated a federal offense. When you get a detainer notice, yield back. (05:32–05:49)

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Asserts that not responding to a civil warrant for a federal offense is a federal crime.

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