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Mike Lawler: “If you actually honor the detainer and have a transfer at a…”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Rep. Mike Lawler addresses immigration ahead of Trump's State of the Union

Published | Video Starts at 07:30

They were not honoring the detainers. And the PBA president pointed this out. He said this. But that's different than securing a location for a deportation. You know, raise. If you actually engage, If you actually honor the detainer and have a transfer at a jail, that is far safer than law enforcement having to go into a community. And that's the fundamental problem here. We could have and should have greater cooperation between federal, state and local law enforcement when it comes to our immigration system. (07:30–07:41)

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Asserts that honoring detainers and transferring at jails is safer than community enforcement.

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