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John Hickenlooper: “Do you realize over 100,000 children have been separated…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and Wanda James, candidate for Congress | Colorado Point of View

Published May 23, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:31

Everyone's got to be behind them. ICE agents are going around without a judicial warrant, are pulling cars over, dragging people out of the cars, beating them, shooting them. Do you realize over 100,000 children have been separated from their families. Now, this is not what most people expected, right? People want violent criminals to be deported. They didn't think they were going to have whole neighborhoods terrorized. (02:31–02:37)

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Asserts that over 100,000 children have been separated from their families due to immigration enforcement.

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