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Eric Garcetti: “Well, we do all the time and I think there is a misconception that we don't. We hand over dangerous criminals to the…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2017
Well, we do all the time and I think there is a misconception that we don't. We hand over dangerous criminals to the immigration officials, but what we don't do is we don't do that without a warrant or without a constitutional process, just based on the way somebody looks or where live or who they are.
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Eric Garcetti

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Garcetti clarifies that Los Angeles does cooperate with immigration enforcement but insists on constitutional processes.

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