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James Lankford: “What they're asking for is to be able to get rid of what's…”

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

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Lankford Joins Mornings with Maria

Published | Video Starts at 03:18

So I don't know if they didn't read the bill that they had negotiated or if this just became an optics issue that we can't pass something because our base is screaming at us to defund ice. What they're asking for is to be able to get rid of what's called administrative warrants and only do judicial warrants. That sounds nice on it, but what that really means is ICE would not be able to operate in almost anywhere in the country. (03:18–03:25)

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Asserts that there is a proposal to eliminate administrative warrants in favor of judicial warrants.

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