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NY Governor Kathy Hochul Discusses Major Announcement
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ICE Killings, Rogue Agents, and the Human Cost of Enforcement
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Meiselas introduces the escalating pattern of ICE enforcement violence — two recent vehicle-stop killings prompting an emergency directive to cease most such stops — and asks why training wasn't the starting point rather than the afterthought. Hochul responds with a devastating anecdote: a refugee left by ICE at a closed Buffalo coffee shop in February who wandered alone for five days before freezing to death. [1] — Kathy Hochul "Governor Hochul recounts a refugee abandoned by ICE at a closed Buffalo coffee shop in February who froze to death wandering alone for five…" 20:43 She argues that the agency has been fundamentally transformed: where post-9/11 enlistees joined out of genuine border-security conviction, today's recruits were lured by financial bonuses to leave unrelated jobs. The result is an undertrained force operating on Stephen Miller's arrest quotas, sweeping up honor-roll teenagers, 25-year-running pizza shop owners, and families with no criminal history. Hochul is unsparing in her conclusion: no one is safe in their vehicles anymore, and the political backlash at the polls will be severe.
Following two killings during immigration enforcement, ICE was instructed to immediately cease most vehicle stops pending further training.
Governor Hochul recounts a refugee abandoned by ICE at a closed Buffalo coffee shop in February who froze to death wandering alone for five days. She argues ICE has been transformed from a standards-based agency into an undertrained enforcement army motivated by Stephen Miller's quotas and financial recruitment bonuses.
A refugee was abandoned at a closed Buffalo coffee shop in February by ICE and froze to death after wandering for five days.
Hochul says she has long waited for young people to stand up and participate — and now they finally are. She plans to channel the youth energy that won recent NYC primaries into competitive purple districts across New York State, calling it a powerful force that should make Republicans nervous.
Ben Meiselas called on listeners to subscribe as the network aims to reach 7 million subscribers.
