Susan Rice
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And frankly, I think that's what we should be doing.
We do need a secure border.
Absolutely.
And we do need to enforce our laws.
And when somebody has had the benefit of going through all of their asylum claims, all of the legal process and have been found after an extended process, which frankly takes years often.
that they do not qualify to be here and they're issued final orders of removal and or they have committed a violent crime, they should be removed.
But that's in a very targeted, specific way with the authority of the court.
And, you know, with a proper warrant, that is not what is happening today.
What is happening today is literally profiling people based on their race or based on their language or based on, you know, their perceived identity.
place of origin.
And they're just, you know, sweeping people up and disappearing them without any form of due process.
And many of the people who happen to be swept up are American citizens or people who are in this country lawfully, you know, who are granted legally the right to be here and yet they're being disappeared.
And, you know, when you see kids, you know, being taken off the streets and put in the horrible detention centers with disease and, you know, all kinds of, you know.
lack of support and resources.
It's horrific.
Families being separated.
The American people have been clear that if you look at every single poll, that this shit has gone way too far.
I don't know if it's built on a fundamentally broken foundation.
I think it has been abused by Donald Trump in both of his terms.
and turned into something that it hasn't been and needn't be.