Brad Lander: “No one that I talk to in law enforcement says that asylum…”

“So we don't have a mental health crisis. I understand that, but when you talk to police and when you talk to prosecutors in this state, they say the laws are off the hook. No one that I talk to in law enforcement says that asylum seekers are committing a disproportionate share of crimes. Quite the opposite. So if you want to get at public safety issues, if you want to get at mental health crisis, you want to get a gun violence, you …” (07:26–07:35)

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