Obviously, this was not a priority for the Biden administration and we're all living with the consequences of these arrests that have been made under Secretary Noem. Nearly half of [the arrests] have been convicted criminals and others with final orders of deportation. These are people who either were criminals and did not want to appear in front of law enforcement, were who were apprehended, or people who claimed asylum or some other … (01:59–02:07)
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Asserts that nearly half of the 32,000 arrests were convicted criminals or had final deportation orders.
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