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Karoline Leavitt: “No city should be a sanctuary for anyone other than…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Published | Video Starts at 17:37

Ms. Look, if law enforcement officers encounter a criminal in the city and they are an illegal alien, of course the appropriate measures to detain and deport that individual will be taken as they should. No city should be a sanctuary for anyone other than law-abiding American citizens. And that's been the that has been the position of this administration since day one. As for the timing, we will reevaluate and reassess and make further decisions after this 30 day period is up. (17:37–17:42)

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Asserts that cities should not be sanctuaries for non-law-abiding individuals.

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