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Shri Thanedar: “I had a conversation with the ICE director in Detroit and I…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Rep. Shri Thanedar Talks Shutdown on NewsNation

Published | Video Starts at 03:35

… daycare center, you know, 17 year old kid, a Hispanic kid that was arrested and deported. These are not hardened criminals. What they're doing is that they have a quota. I had a conversation with the ICE director in Detroit and I talked about that. You know, they are really going after numbers that wherever they can get brown people, you know, profit, racial profiling, people at construction site. These are hardworking immigrants and they are helping our economy. (03:35–03:41)

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Asserts that he discussed ICE's actions with the ICE director in Detroit.

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