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Jacob Frey: “The Somali people that would be arrested or deported are all…”

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 07:33

You know, I've said this before, but I think that the initial impetus to come to Minnesota was go to Minnesota, 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. And so there's not like some meat packing plant or factory where you can go and get a bunch of Somalis. (07:33–07:38)

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Asserts that Somali people targeted by immigration enforcement in Minnesota are legal American citizens.

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