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Ruben Gallego: “No one voted to bring war zone like tactics to American…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Nobody in Little Village Chicago voted for tearing families apart or racial profiling.

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

The fact that Bovino, the border patrol ICE treats this community as the enemy, treats them as a threat, doesn't recognize the pride that people have here that they built here. No one, no one voted for this. No one voted to bring war zone like tactics to American citizens. No one voted for racial profiling. No one voted to tear apart families and deport people that have no criminal record. But let's be clear. (00:28–00:35)

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Asserts that no American citizens voted for militarized tactics in their communities.

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