You have to close Rikers. Should ICE be on Rikers? Absolutely not. It's unacceptable in every regard. And we need to bring down the population at Rikers, which we can do. Most people at Rikers haven't been actually convicted of anything. They're just waiting there. So you have also, the second largest mental health facility in America is Rikers right now. And so when we think about, how do you address this, ICE should not be in our places to disrupt our communities. (07:41–07:46)
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