And as mayor, what ability will you have to resist the federal authorities on immigration policy that you think is abusive? So I've been going down to immigration hearings for a few weeks now. About a month ago, Department of Homeland Security changed the rules [about a month ago]. It used to be that these folks who are coming, who have done everything right, they registered at the border, they got a hearing date, they showed up, expected to be able to say why. (10:47–10:52)
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Asserts that the Department of Homeland Security changed rules regarding asylum seekers about a month ago.
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