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Josh Shapiro: “It is cruel for an ICE enforcement official to put their…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Josh Shapiro on ICE in Minnesota, his personal faith, and winning swing districts in the midterms

Published | Video Starts at 21:29

But obviously pretty shocking headlines for a lot of people. And I appreciate that caveat because there may be more information to come out. But here's what I know. It is cruel for an ICE enforcement official to put their hands on a five year old child and use that child to try and bait that parent out of a home. So if and when we see this kind of federal presence in Pennsylvania, which so far has not happened to the scale that we've seen in Minnesota and California and other states, like, what to you are your top priorities? (21:29–21:42)

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