We had a bill that sounds perfectly reasonable, the Lake and Riley act, to make sure that if someone commits a crime and they are in the country improperly, that they could be deported. Which, by the way, is the current law. What The Lake and Riley act goes as far as to say if you're accused of a crime [you could be deported]. So this is a scenario that absolutely could happen under the law. Six kids in high school are at a store, and the person who runs the store thinks someone might have shoplifted a candy bar. (00:13–00:26)
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