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Yassamin Ansari: “When Donald Trump has said, you know, of course he was…”

Featuring: Yassamin Ansari, Democratic | U.S. House Arizona, District 3

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Press Conference: Demanding Humane Conditions at ICE Facilities

Published | Video Starts at 20:26

And I just want to expand on that a little bit to say that when you have quotas that are not based in any sort of reality, I mean, When Donald Trump has said, you know, of course he was lying, that he's only going to go after the most violent criminals, that's not 3 million people per year. And so that's why you have so many individuals in these detention facilities who have committed no crimes. No crimes. Yari was a green card holder. There are others in these detention centers. (20:26–20:36)

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Asserts that Trump's claim of targeting only violent criminals is false.

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