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Michele Tafoya addresses Operation Metro Surge deaths and border control during an interview.

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Now playing on All Clips Michele Tafoya addresses Operation Metro Surge deaths and border control during an interview. Jonah Kaplan139 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

During an interview with Face the Nation, Michele Tafoya stated that two people died during Operation Metro Surge. She also said she wants to see more collaboration between ICE and local law enforcement.

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Who
Jonah Kaplan
Where
interview
Original footage
Face the Nation · watch the full video from this moment
Length
33 seconds, unedited within the cut
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139 on Instagram
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She was very complimentary about border control. How about anything on that side of the ledger? I asked specifically, I said, what did you learn from immigration customs enforcement Operation Metro surge? And she said, look, two people died. That should not have happened. She wants to see more collaboration between ICE and local law enforcement. That's not what happened here during Operation Metro surge. She did not withhold criticism. And then I think speaks to, again, what she's trying to sell herself, which you don't see much of the campaign much.

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