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Eric Adams: “As it currently states, we are not allowed to coordinate…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Discusses Deportation Orders and Criminal Justice System Failures in NYC

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

You know, I've been almost a lone voice in this city talking about this, that we need to examine parts of our laws that allow extremely dangerous people to go in and out of our criminal justice system. As it currently states, we are not allowed to coordinate with federal authorities unless the person is convicted of a crime and after he served his time. I think we need to examine that. There's a real pattern here, that these, these were dangerous people. (00:54–01:06)

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Asserts that current law prohibits coordination with federal authorities unless a person is convicted and has served their sentence.

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