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Avilés presses Mastro on commitment to due process and sanctuary policies

8:25:13

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Council Member Avilés questions Mastro about his commitment to due process and upholding sanctuary policies, leading to a tense exchange.

  • Mastro affirms his belief in due process but hesitates to commit to specific policies without further study
  • Avilés emphasizes that current laws afford due process and allow for cooperation with ICE under certain circumstances
  • The exchange becomes heated as Avilés presses for a clear commitment to upholding sanctuary policies
  • Mastro ultimately commits to vigorously protecting the law and respecting due process, while maintaining he needs to study current positions more closely
Alexa Avilés
8:25:13
Correct.
8:25:13
And that the administration actually read the law before they make claims that are incorrect.
8:25:21
So I have heard you say many times today respecting the rule of law, which we hold very dear here.
8:25:31
Do you believe in due process?
Randy Mastro
8:25:34
Of course, I believe in due process.
Alexa Avilés
8:25:35
It's a simple question.
8:25:37
It's a simple and I think you do.
8:25:39
And that is what we have in the laws currently.
8:25:44
And so I guess what I'm asking in short is in an administration that is ready to roll back or at least put forward some incredibly misinformed and xenophobic rhetoric against sanctuary policy.
8:26:01
Would you vigorously commit to upholding sanctuary policy and, in particular, upholding due process.
Randy Mastro
8:26:09
I I'm cancel member.
Alexa Avilés
8:26:13
You could say yes.
Randy Mastro
8:26:14
I don't know.
8:26:14
Cancel member.
Joann Ariola
8:26:15
And we
Alexa Avilés
8:26:15
could get to the road to the folks, or you could
Randy Mastro
8:26:18
Cancel.
8:26:19
Talk for
Alexa Avilés
8:26:19
a long time.
Randy Mastro
8:26:20
Cancel.
8:26:20
I'm not I I most definitely don't wanna talk to a lot.
8:26:26
Respectfully, I can't accept the the characterization.
8:26:30
It's the premise of the question, but I can say
Diana Ayala
8:26:32
It is.
8:26:33
Yes.
8:26:33
Eyes.
Alexa Avilés
8:26:33
It is the fact.
8:26:34
Yes.
8:26:35
The law as it currently stands affords due process and affords cooperation with eyes.
8:26:41
It is very clear.
Randy Mastro
8:26:43
I can.
8:26:43
I can.
Alexa Avilés
8:26:44
There is no politics here.
8:26:46
So either you can vigorously protect the law as noted or you can go against it.
Randy Mastro
8:26:53
I I will vigorously protect the law and determine what the law requires and respect due process.
8:27:00
Of course, I will do that and I've already said that repeatedly.
8:27:03
I'd just say, I can't characterize the the current positions or the facts because I'm not familiar with them.
Alexa Avilés
8:27:10
Sure.
8:27:10
And unlike many of the other policy issues, which have changed significantly over the 30 to 25 years you have been in private practice.
8:27:19
This policy has only been strengthened and reiterated.
8:27:23
So this one should not be so distinct or unique.
8:27:29
This one, you know intimately and has not changed, has only gotten better.
8:27:33
So one more last question.
Randy Mastro
8:27:34
Please, please.
Alexa Avilés
8:27:35
One more last question.
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