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Dick Durbin: “Since October, 73% of the individuals taken into ICE custody…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:48

Even the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, no liberal publication, agrees. In an editorial yesterday, they noted that Since October, 73% of the individuals taken into ICE custody had no criminal conviction. Only 5% had a violent criminal conviction. Do you remember the rants at all the rallies? We're talking about rapists and murderers and terrorists, the criminally insane child predators coming into the United States. (04:48–05:01)

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Asserts that 73% of those taken into ICE custody had no criminal conviction, and only 5% had a violent conviction.

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