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>> The surge of Ice and
customs and border control

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enforcement action across
the border in Minnesota has

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resulted in the arrest of
more than 3000 people,

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according to the agencies,
which say the operation

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there will continue. Will
that kind of escalated

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force come here? Advocates
for immigrants in Wisconsin

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believe Milwaukee will soon
be a target. That includes

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Daryl Morin, the national
president of Forward Latino.

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He joins us from the
Milwaukee area. Thanks very

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much for being here.
>> Thank you for having me

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here.
>> So you have said that

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it's your and others belief
that Ice will undertake a

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widespread operation in
Milwaukee. What information

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do you have that that's
going to happen?

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>> Well, yes. Over the last
couple of weeks, there's

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been a growing consensus at
all levels of government

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here in Wisconsin that
pending a dramatic change

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in priorities, there will
be a large scale

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enforcement action here in
the state of Wisconsin.

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We're seeing that they have
just under 3500 agents up

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there in Minneapolis. And
daily we see them coming

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into western Wisconsin
probing, detaining

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individuals, attempting to
detain others, etc. And I

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think it's the firm belief
of many that it's just a

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matter of time before they
come all the way down to

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southeastern Wisconsin.
>> And what would bring

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them to southeastern
Wisconsin?

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>> Well, we know there's a
huge population here in

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southeastern Wisconsin. Not
too many people know this.

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Wisconsin are Hispanics are
the largest minority

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population in the state of
Wisconsin. And there's

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obviously a tremendous
population down here in the

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southeastern part, as well
as in rural areas

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throughout the state, in
our farms and our dairies,

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etc. So everything we've
heard is that there there

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is sincere interest at the
highest levels to come to

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Wisconsin.
>> Do you think that the

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extent of what's unfolded
in Minneapolis would happen

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in Milwaukee?
>> Tragically, yes. As

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we've been working with our
partners and Los Angeles

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and New Orleans in
Charlotte, etc. we've seen

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these significant
enforcement actions take

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place. And most troubling,
most concerning about that

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is that individuals for no
probable cause are being

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detained are being
threatened, in some cases

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being even assaulted. So
it's a tremendous concern

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not just for our immigrant
population, but for

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Wisconsinites in general.
>> I know that Milwaukee

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police policy is that they
will not detain or arrest

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an individual solely for a
suspected violation of

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immigration law, and
President Trump has dubbed

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both Madison and Milwaukee
sanctuary cities, although

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that is not an official
kind of status. How does

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that factor into whether
the administration surges

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in Wisconsin?
>> Well, I think there's a

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lot of political
calculations that are going

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into that, quite honestly,
with regards to law

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enforcement's response, I
tell you, that's those are

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discussions we're having
every day. We only need to

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turn on the news to see
what is happening in other

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places. As I mentioned, to
U.S. citizens and

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immigrants alike, where
their rights are being

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violated and what we're
going to be asking law

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enforcement to do here is
to do their job. And if

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they see a resident of
Wisconsin being assaulted,

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being unlawfully detained,
we're going to ask them to

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intervene. They're here to
protect us. And sadly,

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we're seeing our federal
agents that are supposed to

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be doing the same, doing
the opposite. So we're

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concerned. I will also
share this, as I say, with

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business leaders around the
state, farmers, dairy

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farmers as well. There's a
growing consensus that as a

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purple state, any kind of
large scale operation here

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in Wisconsin would actually
cost more votes than when

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being a purple state. We're
hoping the administration

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takes that into account
before making the final

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decision to come here.
>> To your understanding,

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how prepared are Milwaukee
police and city leaders and

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others should Milwaukee
become a powder keg?

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>> Well, we've been working
with our partners around

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the state, both in the
private sector and our

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private sector and
government sectors. We've

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been very pleased that
everyone is taking prudent,

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prudent steps to make sure
that the residents and

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citizenry of Wisconsin will
be protected. So can't go

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too far into details on
that. But we're grateful

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for the partnerships we
have with many members of

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law enforcement and
government, as well as our

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private and nonprofit
partners.

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>> How has the immigration
enforcement changed the

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lives of people and
families and communities?

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Yvonne lawfully present
people?

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>> Well, there's tremendous
fear. Once again, it's one

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thing. If we were seeing
enforcement action truly

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going after the worst of
the worst. But that's not

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what's happening here.
We're seeing over 70% of

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people who are being
detained have no criminal

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record. We're seeing U.S.
citizens and those lawfully

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present detained, even U.S.
veterans that have served

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our nation with dignity and
honor. So there's

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tremendous fear here. We're
seeing people are going out

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less, they're spending less.
They're driving less. We're

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seeing absenteeism in
schools and in workplaces

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tick up. So it is having a
significant impact. And

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should things escalate
further, I think we could

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see a significant shift in
the productivity across the

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entire state if they were
to come here in force.

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>> You have urged
preparation for Ice

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enforcement. What does that
look like?

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>> Yeah. So as I share this
information today, I don't

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want to be causing panic.
Right. It's time for

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thoughtful preparation.
It's time for our

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governments and law
enforcement agencies to

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prepare. And it's time for
people who may be at risk

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to prepare to put things in
place. I'll share with you.

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Last time we saw a
significant increase in

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immigration enforcement, we
were getting calls from

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school districts asking
what we could do to assist

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them because their parents
weren't here anymore, to

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pick them up from school.
We're working with people

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in the health care field to
discuss how can we safely

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move people back and forth
who are going to be in need

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of dialysis and other
treatments, as well as how

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are we going to dispense
food once again to people

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who no longer feel safe
leaving their homes? So

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there's quite a bit of work
going into this right now

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at every level. Glad to be
able to do the work, but

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sad that it's needed
nonetheless.