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Michael Johnston: “If there was a violent criminal at large, and ICE calls us…”

Featuring: Michael Johnston, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Denver | Colorado

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Mayor Mike Johnston on federal arrests in Denver

Published | Video Starts at 00:59

They could pick them up and deport them. That's one place in which we'll collaborate. The other is if there was a violent criminal at large. If we had someone that had committed an … If there was a violent criminal at large, and ICE calls us, we would jointly pursue that purpose. … Raid of a restaurant. We're not going to help ICE on an act, you know, to raid a church or a hospital or a school. (00:59–01:04)

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Asserts that Denver will collaborate with ICE to apprehend violent criminals at large.

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