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Jim Walden: “We couldn't cooperate with federal authorities to make sure…”

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

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Jim Walden Discusses Independent Mayoral Candidacy on Good Day New York

Published | Video Starts at 05:54

Yeah, speak English. No legalese. He actually she was burned. Burned her alive. And then We couldn't cooperate with federal authorities to make sure that [the migrant who immolated Debrina Kawam] stayed in jail. That's ridiculous. So in those ways, there needs to be reform. Okay, before we let you go, we're gonna do this with each one of our candidates. (05:54–05:58)

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Asserts that cooperation with federal authorities was not possible to detain the migrant involved in the incident.

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