Michael Dubke: Local US police to aid deportations

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Former White House communications director under President Donald Trump, Michael Dubke, says violent offenders will be prioritized for deportation, ensuring cooperation from local law enforcement.

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00:00But we have to also look beyond the southern border, because there are going to be these

00:03crackdowns in cities around the United States.

00:07A bit more complicated, isn't it, to sort of round up people for, for example, for deportation,

00:13as President Trump has suggested, in cities around the United States, especially cities

00:17where perhaps you won't get cooperation from local officials.

00:21And I'm thinking of New York, Chicago, where perhaps, you know, the authorities will be

00:26less inclined to support these initiatives.

00:29How do you see it all working?

00:31Well, just because something is difficult or hard doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

00:36And when you talk to officials at Homeland Security or with ICE, they do, they have identified

00:43individuals who have crossed the border.

00:45They know where they are and they know their previous history, and in some cases, violent

00:49criminal history.

00:51And they are targeting those individuals first.

00:54I can't believe that a sheriff or a law official in Chicago or New York wouldn't want these

01:02individuals off their streets.

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