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Ro Khanna: “It created the structure of authority with ICE that gave…”

Featuring: Ro Khanna, Democratic | U.S. House California, 17th Congressional District

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Ro Khanna on CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt discussing Pam Bondi's testimony & the Laken Riley Act

Published | Video Starts at 10:24

But when you take away the due process, you basically say that ICE can say to someone, you're a violent criminal, we're going to get rid of you, and there's no recourse, there's no system of law. So It created the structure of authority with ICE that gave them impunity to do terrible things. And that's why I have such a problem with that law. Now, if people who voted for it come and say mea culpa and they say, I understand that it was a wrong vote and I'm now committed to standing up for immigrants, fine. (10:24–10:33)

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Asserts that the law gave ICE impunity to act without oversight.

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