Bill de Blasio: Not Asking People Documentation Status, That’s How We Actually Keep People Safe

CABRERA And joining us ░░░░░░░░ is former New York ░░░░░░░░ Mayor Bill De Blasio ░░░░░░░░ good to have you ░░░░░░░░ Lots of moving parts ░░░░░░░░ on this issue of ░░░░░░░░ When you look at ░░░░░░░░ build up the ramp ░░░░░░░░ to these mass deportations ░░░░░░░░ should Democratic local state ░░░░░░░░ leaders meet this moment ░░░░░░░░ Blasio Ana I think ░░░░░░░░ got to remember the ░░░░░░░░ is still fully in ░░░░░░░░ And that means that ░░░░░░░░ and localities have a ░░░░░░░░ of power in this ░░░░░░░░ I think there s ░░░░░░░░ so much angst over ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration coming in ░░░░░░░░ certain quarters obviously among ░░░░░░░░ There s almost been ░░░░░░░░ little amnesia about what ░░░░░░░░ saw in the previous ░░░░░░░░ years I spent 4 ░░░░░░░░ as mayor in New ░░░░░░░░ City often having to ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump We went ░░░░░░░░ court many times We ░░░░░░░░ won on a regular ░░░░░░░░ We had the independent ░░░░░░░░ as locality to govern ░░░░░░░░ own affairs And this ░░░░░░░░ a profoundly American reality ░░░░░░░░ Founders created a country ░░░░░░░░ a lot of the ░░░░░░░░ devolved down to states ░░░░░░░░ localities They did not ░░░░░░░░ a national government that ░░░░░░░░ everything So for example ░░░░░░░░ you have a city ░░░░░░░░ New York that says ░░░░░░░░ re not going to ░░░░░░░░ documentation status in our ░░░░░░░░ hospitals or with our ░░░░░░░░ force talking to people ░░░░░░░░ in the streets they ░░░░░░░░ not going to ask ░░░░░░░░ status Because that s ░░░░░░░░ we actually keep people ░░░░░░░░ Talk to NYPD leaders ░░░░░░░░ they ll tell you ░░░░░░░░ you start asking people ░░░░░░░░ status no one s ░░░░░░░░ to talk to you ░░░░░░░░ they happen to have ░░░░░░░░ undocumented status And that ░░░░░░░░ you can t protect ░░░░░░░░ community.”