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Jacob Frey: “Directives [were given] to go to Minneapolis and target the…”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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LIVE | Mayor Frey reacts after U.S. citizen detained by ICE in Minneapolis during Somali sweep

Published | Video Starts at 08:03

The answer is, of course, no. And the reason we're here right now is I believe some directives were given from pretty high up that just can't be carried out. Directives [were given] to go to Minneapolis and target the Somali community and deport a bunch of illegal or undocumented immigrants. You know, go to a factory or go to a meatpacking plant, find a bunch of Somalis that aren't undocumented, arrest them, detain them, and then deport them. (08:03–08:19)

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Asserts that directives were given to target the Somali community for deportation.

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