Brad Lander: “They misrepresented to a federal judge and to their own…”

“Yeah, I'll start by observing that last week we got this stunning admission that Jay Carson, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District, put out that ICE has known they don't have the authority to arrest people in courts the entire year. They misrepresented to a federal judge and to their own prosecutors this memo claiming this authority that they knew they never had. And they've kind of normalized this thing that for centuries people have understood. You don't go after people in the halls of the courtrooms, or why would anyone show up in court trusting justice and just like one more depredation.” (02:24–02:35)

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