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Chris Murphy: “They rounded up a 16 year old kid in Meriden, Connecticut…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

Murphy on NBC: The Way In Which DHS Is Conducting Itself Today Is Making Our Communities Less Safe

Published January 11, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:36

Well, of course you need a domestic enforcement mechanism for the immigration laws of this country. But the way in which ICE is operating today is inhumane and illegal. They rounded up a 16 year old kid in Meriden, Connecticut, weeks before he was about to graduate in the country legally. Put him in detention for six months and, and he got let out right before Christmas because the administration wouldn't even show up in court to defend what they had done. (04:36–04:45)

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Asserts that ICE detained a legal 16-year-old immigrant in Meriden, Connecticut.

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