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Ritchie Torres: You know, if DHS is not effective at policing abuses among its own law enforcement officials, what reason is there to…

On the recordJuly 14, 2021
You know, if DHS is not effective at policing abuses among its own law enforcement officials, what reason is there to think that DHS would be effective at policing abuses among State and local law enforcement officials who have been deputized to enforce Federal immigration law?
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Torres doubts DHS's effectiveness in managing abuses by local law enforcement.

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