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Eric Swalwell: Over 600 counties and cities have made the decision to resist the administration's efforts to conscript their local…

On the recordMarch 27, 2017
Over 600 counties and cities have made the decision to resist the administration's efforts to conscript their local officials into a mass deportation force because experience in data show that local enforcement of Federal immigration law often makes communities less safe.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell discusses local resistance to federal immigration enforcement as a safety measure.

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