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Mike Lawler: “Part of the problem that we saw in Minneapolis was the…”

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 06:18

He deported criminal aliens. He was right about that issue. He now has an opportunity to address the larger problems within our health care system. And I will point out, Part of the problem that we saw in Minneapolis was the sanctuary city policies. The local law enforcement in Minneapolis was prohibited from cooperating with ICE agents. They were prohibited from doing crowd control and traffic control. That's what allowed the protesters to come into close contact with ICE agents. (06:18–06:25)

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