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Karen Bass: “There were people who had work visas that after they were…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 36:47

As a matter of fact, I believe one of the speakers mentioned, I think it was, you mentioned that there was an individual at a car wash who was detained, who actually was here legally. There were people who had work visas that after they were detained, their work visas were removed. And we know that from the beginning, people who were showing up for their annual appointments, doing what they were supposed to do, were detained in the courthouse. (36:47–36:53)

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Asserts that some detained individuals had their work visas removed.

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