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James Lankford: “They've rounded up about 100 individuals plus at this point…”

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

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Lankford Joins Morning in America on Newsnation to Talk Venezuela and Minneapolis Shooting

Published | Video Starts at 05:54

That ICE needed to be able to go actually to the streets to be able to pick them up. That would be very helpful as well. They've rounded up about 100 individuals plus at this point that are criminal aliens that were held at one point and then released under their sanctuary city policies. That does make the streets more dangerous in Minneapolis and makes it much more dangerous for the work of ICE agents. Well, we'll see what more we learn here in the next 24 hours. (05:54–06:04)

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Asserts that over 100 criminal aliens were released under sanctuary city policies and later detained.

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