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Pete Buttigieg: “The people they're going after are not increasingly and…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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What we're seeing is that the people who are supposed to be enforcing the law are breaking the law. It's been held in court that they have violated countless court orders and The people they're going after are not increasingly and proportionally not just the person we can all agree needs to be deported and dealt with. You know, somebody with a criminal record. But you know, when you see a five year old kid in a spider man backpack being treated, being incarcerated this way, when … (06:02–06:12)

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Asserts that law enforcement is increasingly targeting individuals who are not criminals.

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