Karen Bass: “To do this deployment that is not needed is not only cruel…”

“And to me, it's like using them as props and take them away from their school, take them away from their employment. To do this deployment that is not needed is not only cruel, but it's impacting their families too. I think on Father's Day, the children that were waiting for their fathers to come home, that they have missing fathers because they were detained.” (07:42–07:49)

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