"When given a microphone after losing to the Wolves on Monday, Kerr blasted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for their actions in Minneapolis, which included taking 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos into custody. It's not like we're rooting out violent criminals, Kerr said. They're taking 5-year-old kindergartners and U.S. citizens and detaining people. Immigration is a problem that needs to be addressed, but it needs to be addressed by Congress, legislatively, not by a military force in the streets pulling people from their homes."
"I definitely misspoke, and I knew that ICE was arresting some criminals, and I immediately regretted it, because I knew that to be the case, Kerr said. But my point is that they're also arresting people and detaining citizens and people who should not be detained, and that the manner in which they're doing it, as you see, is riling everybody up all over the country, Kerr said."
Steve Kerr apologized for misspeaking about immigration enforcement during a pregame press conference in Minneapolis after an emotional four-day stay. The Warriors experienced a postponed game amid protests and heightened enforcement following the shooting death of Alex Pretti by immigration personnel. Kerr criticized ICE for detaining young children and U.S. citizens and said enforcement should be handled legislatively by Congress rather than by a force removing people from their homes. Kerr acknowledged that ICE arrests some criminals but maintained that the agency is detaining people who should not be detained and that its tactics are inflaming public outrage.
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