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Jacob Frey: “The initial impetus to come to Minnesota was [to] arrest and…”

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

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BREAKING NEWS: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Holds Press Conference Amid Nationwide Anti-ICE Protests

Published | Video Starts at 07:22

This is part of the issue is that this is not a coordinated strategic plan that we're seeing being carried out. In many cases, it's indiscriminate. You know, I've said this before, but I think that The initial impetus to come to Minnesota was [to] arrest and deport a bunch of Somali people. And then they get here and they realize that the Somali people that would be arrested or deported are all legal. They're American citizens. You can't do that. (07:22–07:31)

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Asserts that the initial immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota targeted Somali people.

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