Markwayne Mullin: “New York, we have over 16,000 detainers. That means these detainers means these are individuals that are…”

“Why would you create a melting pot for criminal activity? Do you think it's just the CDLs that are going out there? When we work, when we talk about, let's use New York, for example. New York, we have over 16,000 detainers. That means these detainers means these are individuals that are currently locked up or have already been released by the state of New York or by the city. We say, hey, you got an individual locked up that's in this country legally, release them now. Those 16,000 represents 52,000 felony charges.” (34:26–34:39)

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