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John Whitmire: “The 30 minute wait is going to be eliminated and that's…”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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FULL INTERVIEW: One-on-one with Houston Mayor John Whitmire on immigration ordinance, funding

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

And so now I'm looking for a revised ordinance that's going to bring the parties closer together. When you say revise, what, what changes could we. Oh, I can tell you The 30 minute wait is going to be eliminated and that's going to say a reasonable amount of time. The 30 minutes was the maximum after 30 minutes and ICE couldn't report. You had to get the officer back on the street. Many objected to that. (07:43–07:50)

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Asserts that the ordinance will change the 30-minute wait to a 'reasonable amount of time.'

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