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Colin Allred: “When I hear someone like Stephen Miller say, we're going to…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Tara Palmieri Show: Colin Allred Discusses Texas Politics, Democratic Strategies, and Future Plans

Published | Video Starts at 10:33

And even if we do it accidentally and say, whoops, we can't get you back, that's not who we are as a country, and it never has been. And it can't be who we become. And so When I hear someone like Stephen Miller say, we're going to suspend habeas corpus, which has only really been done during the Civil War... we are not being invaded. and the Constitution basically lays out when it can be done in terms of times of invasion and crisis, we are not being invaded. We are not at war with each with ourselves. (10:33–10:49)

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Asserts that suspending habeas corpus is inappropriate as the U.S. is not under invasion.

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