State police, locally, we will help any agent, any level of federal government help remove people who are criminals that have committed serious crimes. But the act of crossing the border is a civil offense. And I don't want our police officers and our sheriff's offices being distracted with this [civil offense of crossing the border]. And guess what? Most of them don't want that either. I encourage you to look at what District Attorney Fitzpatrick wrote in Syracuse.com today. I don't want to promote another competitor. (35:40–35:47)
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Asserts that local law enforcement should not be involved in handling civil offenses related to border crossing.
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