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Karen Bass: “In the nation's second largest city, in the state with the…”

Featuring: Karen Bass, Democratic | Mayor of Los Angeles | California

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Mayor Karen Bass Discusses Federal Raids and Economic Impact on Los Angeles

Published | Video Starts at 10:35

Why do you think it is? Because I think that they're experimenting with us. They want to see if they can get away with the seizure of power. And in the second, In the nation's second largest city, in the state with the fourth largest economy on Earth, then they can do it anywhere. I don't like our city being used like that. But in terms of the sanctuary city policy, is there maybe an argument that we could do some of this behind bars and give some of these people up that way? (10:35–10:43)

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Asserts that Los Angeles is the nation's second-largest city and California has the fourth-largest economy globally.

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