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John Whitmire: “We can have an immigration policy that works. Going after…”

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

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Mayor John Whitmire Calls for a Moratorium of ICE Enforcement Actions

Published | Video Starts at 08:07

It's broken. It's not working. I don't want to get. It's not even debatable. The San Augustine tragedy of yesterday, Maine. I could go through the whole list. We can have an immigration policy that works. Going after violent offenders. Not our nannies, not our construction workers. These are residents. And it impacts not only the tragedy within the family, but the entire community and the entire city. And in fact, I will say, America, we need to be focusing on more productive projects. (08:07–08:15)

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Asserts that an effective immigration policy should target violent offenders, not nannies or construction workers.

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