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James Lankford: “There's 1400 total agreements of some kind of memorandum…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Lankford Highlights Minnesota's Refusal to Cooperate with Federal Immigration Enforcement

Published | Video Starts at 02:58

When I look at my state and other states and the cooperation, there are right now about 1200 jurisdictions in the country that have a 287 agreement with the federal government on honoring detainers and working to be able to partner together. There's 1400 total agreements of some kind of memorandum understanding with ICE and with local law enforcement across the country. But what I'm hearing from you is in Minnesota, a 287G would not be allowed according to state law. What's. What's the cooperation? How many 287 agreements are there in Minnesota at this point? (02:58–03:08)

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Asserts that there are 1,400 total agreements with ICE and local law enforcement.

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