Karen Bass: “LA was being used as the laboratory and that the egregious…”

“So we're standing here because since June, the beginning of June, what started in LA has now spread around the country. And we knew that it would. We said at that time that LA was being used as the laboratory and that the egregious unconstitutional behavior from our federal government was going to start here and spread around the country. We know that this has impacted undocumented immigrants who in Los Angeles are Angelenos, because we don't make the distinction. They are neighbors and workers contributing to our city.” (08:14–08:26)

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