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Michael Blake: “We should not be utilizing our public resources to be…”

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

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New York City Forum on Sanctuary City Laws and Immigrant Protections

Published | Video Starts at 13:31

… to do a meeting at the White House and then turned back around because his fundraisers being raided. When it come to immigration, and so what we can be doing, We should not be utilizing our public resources to be deporting our citizens, especially those who have not done anything wrong. We have a scenario right now where it's absolutely egregious. Second, we have to go much further in actually supporting our immigrant families, in particular those that do not have legal representation. (13:31–13:43)

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Asserts that public resources should not be used for deporting citizens who have not committed any wrongdoing.

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