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Tim Carpenter: “Under the guise violent and criminal people. That's a small…”

Featuring: Tim Carpenter, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 3

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Wisconsin lawmakers get heated during meeting as they discuss undocumented immigrants

Published | Video Starts at 05:06

There are a lot of people like this lady who is applying to come to the tour of this country. She was applying to be in it, but Under the guise violent and criminal people. That's a small percentage compared to innocent people on technicalities that are being sent out to El Salvador, maybe some Middle east country. And so when you're bringing this up and saying, hey, look, you can't have any medical care for people that are being detained, that's wrong, it's unchristian, it's immoral and don't interrupt me. (05:06–05:24)

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Asserts that a small percentage of deportees are violent criminals compared to innocent people deported on technicalities.

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