Hakeem Jeffries Asked Point Blank About Off-Duty CPB Officer Shot By Alleged Illegal Immigrant In NYC

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During a press briefing on Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about the off-duty CPB officers allegedly shot by an illegal immigrant in NYC.

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00:00Thanks.

00:01Jack.

00:03Good afternoon.

00:04The Republicans made a big deal about how the Biden administration handled the border

00:07last year.

00:08That was a major issue in the election.

00:10But then we have this officer from the CBP who was shot in Manhattan last night and Republicans

00:15saying, see, this is, you know, part of the policy.

00:18People got in the country illegally.

00:19They shouldn't be here.

00:20What's your response to that when something that tragic happens in your home city?

00:24It's my hope that the victims of this criminal act are able to fully and completely recover.

00:34And those responsible for the criminal act should be held accountable and prosecuted to

00:40the full extent of the law.

00:43At the end of the day, we have to make sure in this country that we secure the border,

00:50fix our broken immigration system in a bipartisan and comprehensive way while at the same time

00:58standing up for dreamers, farm workers, and law-abiding immigrant families.

01:07There are a lot of people throughout this country who now disapprove of the Trump administration's

01:15approach to immigration who were promised that the Trump administration was going to focus

01:25on deporting violent felons as opposed to targeting children and law-abiding immigrant families.

01:40The Trump administration should spend the billions of dollars in taxpayer resources that it has

01:49to make this country as safe as possible by focusing on deporting violent felons,

01:56not showing up at Little League baseball games, churches, schools, and hospitals.

02:04Leader Jeffrey speaking today.

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