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Karen Bass: “The majority of them, over 70%, had no record, no police…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 54:22

So that's not what ICE was doing. ICE was chasing people in car washes. ICE was chasing people in Home Depots and picking up vendors selling fruit. They The majority of them, over 70%, had no record, no police record whatsoever. That is not what was going on in here. I was against it. I physically went out and did everything I could to stop it. And we'll do that again. (54:22–54:29)

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Asserts that over 70% of those targeted by ICE had no police record.

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