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I'm just going to turn this on up

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here.

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We are recording.

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A surge of immigration and

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border control arrests in Wisconsin

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over the past few weeks is

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part of a nationwide push on

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the part of homeland security,

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resulting in the detention of more

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than 10,000 people,

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according to national reporting.

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In Milwaukee, Waukesha, the Madison

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area, and elsewhere in the state,

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dozens of arrests have been

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confirmed by immigrant rights groups

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and attorneys.

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For reaction on this, we

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turn to Milwaukee and Daryl

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Maureen.

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National President of Forward

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Latino, and thanks very much for

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being here.

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Thank you for asking me to join you,

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this will be.

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So what is your reaction to this

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recent surge of detentions in

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Wisconsin and elsewhere?

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Well, I'll tell you, tremendous

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frustration and to a certain degree

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anger, you know.

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It would be different if they were

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going around and detaining people

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who were bad doers in the community,

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but we're continuing to see that

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operations are continuously

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targeted, and people for the

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most part who've been trying to do

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everything the right way, who filled

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out all their asylum papers, have

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been showing up to all their court

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dates, etc., that

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came here with TPS only to see it

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removed from them.

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So it's really been a very

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dark time for many in

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our community and we appreciate the

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support that we're

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seeing come from all other

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communities throughout the state and

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the country, quite honestly.

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Do you have the numbers of arrests

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in Wisconsin in this most recent

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search?

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Well, I know that we've been able to

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confirm 39.

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Immigration's put out the number of

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57. We're still working to confirm

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that.

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But 39 is what we're comfortable

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reporting at this time.

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What stands out to you as to

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how these recent arrests are

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physically being carried out?

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Well, I'll tell you, there's plenty

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of video out there to

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support what I'm gonna be sharing

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with you. We've seen families,

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particularly mothers, even with

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infants in the car,

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have their windows being broken,

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being violently pulled out and

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thrown to the ground.

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Having immigration agents

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literally unholster

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their weapon before they have a

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chance to do anything and threaten

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their lives.

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scary for many folks,

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of both immigrant and citizen

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alike, because we're seeing

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this happen to people who are both

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lawfully and unlawfully present at

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this time.

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So a lot of concern, especially

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given what we saw helping previously

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up in Minneapolis.

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shooting that's been ruled a

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homicide that just happened down in

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Houston, there's a lot of fear and a

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lot of concern.

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Because in your mind

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the kind of police tactics

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are not in

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keeping with general

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rules of such?

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Yeah, generally we're used to seeing

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law enforcement officers using rules

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of de-escalation and

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immigration officials are actually

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doing quite the opposite right now.

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realized this because what we're

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seeing is instead of wearing vests

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now that

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say ICE or denote

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them as being immigrant officials.

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Uh they're now wearing vests

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that now exclusively say police so

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i think that's a self-admission

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that they no longer have the trust

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and credibility uh throughout our

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country and are being forced to try

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to steal or borrow

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or take the trust in credibility uh

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that people have with their local

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law enforcement departments

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How will this continue to unfold,

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in your mind, given increased

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funding to ICE?

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had put out an alert about two

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weeks ago because we had seen this

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coming. So we put out a

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community alert on it.

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In fact, it just expired today.

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But we're expecting to see, while

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not at the same levels, we're

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expected to see the

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standard operating tempo of

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immigration actually

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step it up a little bit as we move

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forward. We're now starting to see

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that they are graduating additional

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classes of agents through their

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training program with the

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recent funding increase that they

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received yet again.

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They are now, ICE is now receiving

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more funding on an annual basis than

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the United States Marine Corps is.

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Just to tell you the

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outrageous amount of resources that

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are being thrown at this.

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So we're telling everybody, well, we

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have lifted, we've let the community

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alert expire here in southeastern

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Wisconsin.

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It's still important for people who

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are lawfully present, who are U.S.

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Citizens, who are at risk of

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separation, really to have an

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emergency plan in place should

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you be pulled over or run off

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the road by unidentified vehicles

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and be violently thrown out of your

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vehicle and detained.

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Because I was just going to ask

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you what someone in your position

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says to people you advocate

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for in the midst of all of this.

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Well, we're very fortunate

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that as a community, we're strong in

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faith.

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We've had to overcome a lot

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throughout our history.

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Sadly, we thought chapters like this

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were relegated to the past

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and we're seeing them brought

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forward to the future.

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So we will continue to

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persevere.

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And as I mentioned, we are receiving

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calls and financial support

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and volunteers from all different

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communities, many from

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people who've never been involved in

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any kind of such action.

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And the one common theme I'm hearing

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from them is this

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isn't the America we grew up in.

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This isn't right.

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How can I help?

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And that's what makes it easier to

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get up every morning, quite

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honestly.

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We leave it there.

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Daryl Maureen, thank you so much.

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I have a question,

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sir, that I didn't ask,

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but have you

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been in contact at all with Homeland

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Security or are there

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lines of communication between

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organizations like yours and

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that agency or no.

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It's very limited.

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I'll share with you, I do have a

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letter going out to the

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secretary of the Department of

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Homeland Security.

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Right now, we have DACA recipients.

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I know you know who DACA Recipients

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are, right? They were brought here

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for no fault of their own.

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They have a temporary status under

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the program that was created by

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President Obama.

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And if you go to the DACA renewal

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website, because they have to renew

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every two years, it says

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not to submit your renewal

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application further than 150

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days out.

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Well, right now we're seeing it take

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up to 180 days to process

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those renewals.

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So we have people who are literally

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having to leave their jobs because

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of the delays in

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the processing of their renewals

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and some of those individuals,

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not here in Wisconsin yet, but in

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other states, we know they've gone

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and they've picked them up and

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detained them and are trying to

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remove them from the country and

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they'd done nothing wrong.

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They did everything that they were

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supposed to do, et cetera.

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So we're calling on the secretary.

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We're reaching with him through

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internal channels, asking

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him to address that situation.

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Others are being a lot more vocal

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about the issue publicly,

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but these are things we try to

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do when we think there may be an

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opportunity for some small movement.

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That's the approach we like to take.

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So just to let you know what we're

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I appreciate that.

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When is that letter going out?

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Okay, just come away

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Great. Thank you.

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I'll take a look at that DACA

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situation as well.

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All right, okay appreciate it.

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Okay. Try to have a good weekend,

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okay?

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I was just going to say that to you.

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Okay, we'll do.

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Bye-bye.