Karen Bass: “These are legal people. They might not be citizens, but they…”

“This was a solution in search of a problem, and it has left the city in fear. Let me give you a couple of examples that immigrant rights organizations told me about today. These are legal people. They might not be citizens, but they go for their annual appointment at the immigration building. They're showing up because they were asked to show up, and then they get detained. They come with their children, they come with their families thinking that they're there for a routine appointment, and they get arrested.” (03:35–03:44)

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