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00:50With that and the success that has been made arresting public safety threats and other
00:55priorities since this surge operation began, as well as the unprecedented levels of coordination
01:00we have obtained from state officials and local law enforcement, I have proposed and
01:06President Trump has concurred that this surge operation conclude.
01:13A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue to the next week.
01:21We have a lot of work to do across this country to remove public safety risks who shouldn't
01:28even be in this country.
01:30And to deliver on President Trump's promise for strong border security and mass deportation,
01:35law enforcement officers drawn down from this surge operation will either return to the
01:40duty station or be assigned elsewhere to achieve just that.
02:18The University of Chicago.
02:22The University of Chicago.
02:23The University of Chicago.
02:58Thank you!
03:45I want to say something about the various unfounded complaints I'm hearing about ICE enforcement operations.
03:51During the surge operation, ICE has not arrested anybody inside a hospital.
03:57We have not arrested anybody inside of a school, an elementary school.
04:04We have not arrested anybody inside a church.
04:08As a matter of fact, the only ones that disrespected the sanctuary of a church were the agitators that have
04:14been arrested and prosecuted.
04:15So far, we have nine of them.
04:19However, those little cases are not off the table.
04:22I said from day one, there is no sanctuary for a significant public safety threat or national security threat.
04:30But as far as those stories about ICE going into churches, arresting people in hospitals, it simply has not happened.
04:37And if you have a case where it happened, you let me know.
04:41Because all the digging I've done here, I can't find a single one.
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