So local crimes, local cops, they go over here, you need us to assist with a serious criminal. But I'll also tell you this, ICE will take away someone who's committed a crime. The local district attorneys actually want them prosecuted. If someone committed a homicide in New York, I don't know that it's a good idea to send them off to their home country and maybe they're going to come back again. (02:37–02:45)
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Asserts that local district attorneys prefer to prosecute criminals locally rather than have them deported by ICE.
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