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DHS: New York Refused Over 16,000 ICE Detainers

DHS says the refusals date to the start of the Trump administration, and ICE detainers are the requests to hold people; the yacht remains unconvinced.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Department of Homeland Security says New York has refused to honor more than sixteen thousand immigration detainers since the start of the Trump administration.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith us tonight, publicist Marguerite Soloway, joining from a yacht.

  3. Marguerite SolowayHank, lovely to be here. Let's reframe that.

  4. Marguerite SolowaySixteen thousand refusals is not a standoff, it's a waiting list, and New York has the best door in America.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo who is on the list, exactly? Because DHS says the federal government asked and was turned down.

  6. Marguerite SolowayLet's reframe that. The government was not turned down, it was curated. Not everyone gets in. Ask any club in Manhattan.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me ask you plainly. Who is your client in this story?

  8. Marguerite SolowayI can't say. Let's reframe that. I have a gold-plated clipboard, and it says I am simply passionate about the brand of New York.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBut you didn't answer the question. Is it New York, or is it Homeland Security?

  10. Marguerite SolowayBoth, Hank, and that is the genius. Let's reframe that.

  11. Marguerite SolowaySixteen thousand unclaimed detainers are just coupons nobody redeemed, and I want to relaunch them as a loyalty program.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA loyalty program.

  13. Marguerite SolowayCollect ten refusals, get a free bridge toll. Let's reframe that. The federal government is not the villain, it's an influencer nobody follows back.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis is a dispute between a state and the federal government over thousands of detainers, and neither side calls it a loyalty program.

  15. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDoes your yacht have a view on that?

  16. Marguerite SolowayThe yacht has a view of another yacht, Hank. Let's reframe that. Everybody wins when the story is about the clipboard.

  17. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA clipboard, a waiting list, and a rebrand of a policy fight.

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSixteen thousand refusals and a long yacht, and every one of them is still just bait, Marguerite.

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The story so far

  1. Fact Check: DHS Says New York Ignored 15K Detainer Requests · New York Post
  2. DHS Redacts Deportation Data After Lawsuit, Daily Caller Says · The Daily Caller
  3. Press secretary pick, House forecast shifts, Kansas Senate race · Washington Examiner
  4. DHS chief, Amazon bath seat recall, Swift's 100th week, Jeffries · FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
  5. DHS Raids Ilhan Omar's Home Amid Criminal Investigation · The Daily Caller
  6. Rep. Omar's D.C. home searched by DHS investigators · CBS News
  7. DHS: New York Refused Over 16,000 ICE Detainers (this story)

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