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Jim Walden: “Individuals who are convicted of crimes should be deported…”

Featuring: Jim Walden, Attorney, Former Candidate, New York City Mayoral Election 2025

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Interview with Attorney Jim Walden on New York City Mayoral Candidacy and Policy Proposals

Published | Video Starts at 07:51

I mean the migrant crisis, if we're thoughtful and if we don't treat one size fits all. So families deserve to be kept together to the maximum extent possible. Individuals who are convicted of crimes should be deported and frankly, they should be detained pending their deportation proceedings. because those proceedings there is going to be a court case that is happening. And so for those people that are here under false pretenses, they've been convicted of crimes in their home countries, they should be detained while their deportation proceedings are pending. (07:51–07:58)

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