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There's that key report from i.c.e. on arrests and removals at the southern border for the 2021 fiscal year. you know, they're still waiting for that to be released, marks the first time that report has been delayed in more than a decade. questions ability why it's being delayed -- about why it's being delayed and about the my grant crisis. and in new york city, manhattan's new district attorney alvin bragg causing more controversy, appearing today at the national action network conference in harlem, and this comes as the new progressive da's been slugging off critics who say his policies will...

Hand to identify those truly violent offenders and the challenges facing our community. jon: he even suggested that armed robbery is not a crime that he's going to pursue vigorously. howard safer used to be the police commissioner in this city of new york. here's what he had to say about the new, the a's proposals -- da's proposals. >> he was elected to prosecute crimes, not to change the law. and what he's doing here is changing the law and enabling criminals to do outrageous things. this is stupid. my advice to the people of the city of new york is hold a recall election right now. jon: it w...

Republican candidate at every level for every office in the united states and will cite bragg's memo as a vanguard document of the democratic party. is this a political issue? is it going to rebound -- resound, i guess i should say, to hurt democrats nationalliesome -- nationally? >> we have seen where progressive das are trying to get away from traditional prosecutions. and in some areas, it has helped address crime. in boston we've got a progressive da who had some very controversial issues, but yet we saw a reduction in crime because even though there was disagreement on the how and the wha...

Back to that checklist, it's when cops, community and prosecutors work together. and that's federal, state and local level trying to deal with the challenges we face in securing our society. at the same time, having a just police system, justice system that allows people to make mistakes and not have that completely destroy their life for the rest of their time on earth. jon: it's one thing to allow judges and maybe prosecutors to have some discretion, but if you announce that you're just not going to prosecute armed robbery anymore, aren't you just invoting more armed robbery? -- inviting mor...

For a few days, and there's so much controversy already. he says he's not soft on crime and plans to go after violent criminals just without destroying the lives of low-level offenders. this morning we were there as he joined the reverend al sharpton to speak about his controversial plan to cut back on crime. in this memo you see here bragg advising his office to not prosecute some hoe-level misdemeanors like marijuana possession, prostitution and resisting arrest. after the big pushback, the da now clarifying that all felonies will still be prosecuted. listen. >> gun crime is on the rise, dom...