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Mike Lawler: “We could have and should have greater cooperation between…”

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 07:43

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. But again, this, to me, requires a comprehensive approach on how we actually fix this system. It's not one or the other. It's all of the above. (07:43–07:51)

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Asserts the need for greater cooperation between federal, state, and local law enforcement on immigration.

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