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Michael Johnston: “You would have to have a criminal warrant to enter those…”

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

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Full conversation Denver Mayor Mike Johnston lays out city's response to Trump immigration policies

Published | Video Starts at 06:23

On what legal grounds? Religious freedom. What would the grounds be to stop ICE from coming into a hospital, if they want to come into a hospital? Well, first of all, You would have to have a criminal warrant to enter those sites. And so if you entered those sites without a warrant, that would be illegal. And so we think. And that's why you'll see schools. (06:23–06:26)

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Asserts that ICE needs a criminal warrant to enter certain sites in Denver.

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