CNN’s John Miller on Migrants Stealing and Attacking Police in New York and Not in Fla.: In Florida ‘You Go to Jail’

HILL: “It’s also fascinating what we’re hearing from officials. Specifically, I want to play what Governor Hochul had to say. Take a listen.”

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HOCHUL: “Get them all and send them back. You don’t touch our police officers. You don’t touch anybody. Thank you, everybody.”
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HILL: “We’re hearing a change when it comes to immigration in general, from President Biden on down. To hear her talk about that, it is also directly related to the fact that these were police officers. Does that have any impact? Does that change anything?”
MILLER: “Well, it’s so complicated because, you know, you’re a New Yorker, you move through the city every day as I do. We see these people, we touch these people, they’re out looking for work, they’re delivering our food, they’re at the gas stations and the car Wash. These are people who came in waves, you know, 170,000 probably to New York City. But within that group, this hard-working, you know, throngs of people in search of hope and a better life, there is this one percenter criminal element that looks at a different opportunity here. These individuals, I went over their rap sheets yesterday, multiple charges, grand larceny, robbery, attempted robbery, grand larceny, grand larceny. This particular crew operated on mopeds and scooters, they were doing organized retail theft, they were doing snatches on the street, iPhones, iPads, clothing, so on and so forth. One of them, that they are still seeking, has 10 charges on one day because he’s part of a pattern that’s been going on. And I’m looking at the dates that their arrests started, which is probably close to when they got here. They’ve only been here a couple of months. So what the detectives are telling me is, they have crews here that operate in New York, do all their stealing, then go to Florida and spend the money and come back. I’m like, ‘Why don’t they just stay and steal in Florida?’ They said, ‘Because there you go to jail.’”
HILL: “Okay.”
MATTINGLY: “Great point. Keep us posted on this. Thank you, John.”