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Concerns about criminal enforcement impact on deportations
2:24:33
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Council Member Restler raises concerns about the potential for increased deportations due to the shift to criminal enforcement, particularly for e-bike riders who may be undocumented immigrants. He questions Commissioner Tisch about this issue.
- Restler expresses worry about more people being caught up in the 'deportation machine'
- He specifically mentions the high concentration of undocumented people among e-bike riders
- Restler asks if Tisch is concerned that increased criminal enforcement could lead to wrongful deportations
Lincoln Restler
2:24:33
I'm concerned about more people getting swept up in our criminal justice system that don't need it.
2:24:39
And that's I think why so many of us are concerned particularly about the criminal enforcement on the e bike issues and these other issues where we have a Trump administration that is trying to sweep everyone up into their deportation machine that they can.
2:24:53
Are you concerned that this increased criminal enforcement of e bike riders where we have a high concentration of undocumented people is going to lead to more people getting really wrongly deported?