Angus King: “People, even people who have some kind of status of, you…”

“And are those folks who were fearful, are a lot of them fearful because they too are illegal, or are they just afraid of being swept up in a net? I think it's the latter. I think People, even people who have some kind of status of, you know, asylum or some other legal status green card, are still uneasy because the net seems to be much wider than the worst of the worst. And that's what's disturbing. Now, after the weekend shooting in Minneapolis, the issue of ICE is about to land right in the middle of the U.S. senate.” (02:16–02:31)

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