Dick Durbin: “The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago has brought 32 non…”

“They were arrested by Border Patrol agents in Chicago and held for hours without any explanation after they exercised their constitutional rights to monitor immigration enforcement in the area. According to a recent report from the Chicago Sun Times, The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago has brought 32 non immigration criminal cases to court related to this ICE operation Midway Blitz. Do you know how many convictions there have been in those 32 cases? None. Not one. This represents precious time and resources wasted on baseless efforts by this agency to punish peaceful protesters that could and should be focused instead on keeping the streets safe.” (06:24–06:41)

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