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Michael Blake: “We got to repeal the Lincoln Riley act because we got to…”

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

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Champions on the Court, Fighters at the Polls: Michael Blake vs. Richie Torres | Nayma Silver Uptown

Published | Video Starts at 28:56

What's the thing you like? Okay. We haven't had a congressman in this district for a long time. Was my first boots on the ground priority for you. We got to repeal the Lincoln Riley act because we got to stop deporting people. It makes no sense that we could be here in the Bronx and we have something right now that's making it easy to deport people. (28:56–29:01)

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