James Lankford: “They want to say you have to have committed some federal…”

“… and all those things and solicitation of a minor, they're trying to separate all those out. But even murder you couldn't pick someone up on because that's a state crime. They want to say you have to have committed some federal crime in addition to illegally crossing the border even be picked up. So they also want to create sanctuary locations where you can't pick up someone who's not legally present. Schools, hospitals.” (02:33–02:40)

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