Sen. Blumenthal on ICE Amid Conn. Operation: The Point Is Cruelty, About 100 Were Arrested, Maybe Seven Have Any Kind of Criminal History

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BLUMENTHAL: “We’ve learned nothing from ICE. But we know that probably about 100 were detained and arrested. Very few of them, only a fraction, maybe six or seven, have any kind of criminal history. So, the administration saying that it’s detaining the worst of the worst or deporting people with serious criminal history is absolutely belied by the facts. That’s not what’s happening. In fact, they are seizing people. Many of them have legal status in this country. They may have come here seeking asylum. And they are doing it in a way that is repugnant and inhumane. The point is cruelty. They are trying to spread terror and sow fear in a way that is destructive of those communities.”