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Michael Blake: “He supported the Lake and Riley act, the first bill that…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Why former Assemblymember Michael Blake wants to unseat Rep. Ritchie Torres | Inside City Hall

Published | Video Starts at 02:39

Lastly, Errol, on immigration, when we think about this, Richie Torres has four times voted in support to deporting people. He supported the Lake and Riley act, the first bill that Trump signed. When he came back into office, he voted to express gratitude for ice. And as a son of an immigrant, I believe we should be protecting our immigrants, not deporting our immigrants. (02:39–02:43)

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Claims Richie Torres supported the Lake and Riley Act, the first bill signed by Trump.

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