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Mark Pocan: “In Milwaukee, there was a Puerto Rican family with their…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 20:50

I think one of the other things I heard a lot being home recently is about how inhumane the immigration policies are of Donald Trump. Last time and this time, in fact, just recently in my state, you know, In Milwaukee, there was a Puerto Rican family with their toddler. They were speaking Spanish and ICE came and detained them simply because they were speaking Spanish. They're citizens. And you. That's the sort of ramifications of having a concept of a plan, not a plan when it comes to anything. And that's, that's kind of Donald Trump. Yeah. (20:50–21:00)

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Asserts that ICE detained a Puerto Rican family in Milwaukee for speaking Spanish, despite them being citizens.

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