I want to make sure, as a Member of this committee, that whenever ICE agents are conducting an enforcement action that those actions are based on information regarding that individual's immigration status--not information based on that person's apparent race or ethnicity.
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Thompson emphasizes the importance of basing ICE actions on immigration status, not racial profiling.
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