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Eric Schmitt: “Sanctuary policies are getting American citizens killed.”

Featuring: Eric Schmitt, Republican | U.S. Senate, Missouri

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Schmitt Chairs Senate Judiciary Hearing Highlighting Painful Consequences of Sanctuary City Policies

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

I understand that it is uncomfortable for some of my friends on the other side to confront the reality that their sanctuary policies and open border ideology are producing preventable crimes against American citizens. But we must confront it. Sanctuary policies are getting American citizens killed. The American people know it, and deep down, Democrats know it. The path forward is not complicated. It does not require new theories or sweeping innovations. (06:28–06:32)

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Asserts that sanctuary policies result in the deaths of American citizens.

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