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John Whitmire: “There were only 70 ICE officers in our region. Minneapolis…”

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

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Mayor Whitmire Speaks on the Passage of Proposition A - ICE-HPD Policy Change

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

… as a major city, as diverse as we are, to be able to be is reasonable and consistent as we've been. Just for example, I got a report recently that There were only 70 ICE officers in our region. Minneapolis had 3,700 at one time. because it was politicized in so many of our major cities. So we've been consistent, followed the law, and today we need to deal with the item. (01:05–01:13)

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Asserts that the Houston region has 70 ICE officers, while Minneapolis had 3,700 at one time.

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