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Dick Durbin: “Federal agencies are given special privileges so they can…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Reiterates Democrats' Demands To Rein In ICE As Republicans Stall Negotiations

Published | Video Starts at 12:34

If you're a police force in your town and your state can do its job without wearing a mask on the job, can do the job with a video camera recording what actually happened at an event. Why in the world are these Federal agencies are given special privileges so they can arrest 2% of the people that they're looking for. That's not a very enviable record, Mr. President. I yield the floor. (12:34–12:42)

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Asserts that federal agencies have special privileges but only arrest 2% of their targets.

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