CNN anchors momentarily silent after learning why migrant gangs don’t stay in Florida: ‘There you go to jail'CNN anchors were momentarily silent Friday after learning that some migrant gangs run criminal operations in New York City, retreat to Florida and return to New York because they don't face any threat of jail.
CNN law enforcement analyst John Miller said Friday that he learned from police detectives that migrant gang crews operate in New York City and then go to Florida to spend the money.
"But I'm like, 'why don't they just stay and steal in Florida?'" Miller said in a conversation about a group of migrants who attacked an NYPD officer and lieutenant in front of a shelter on West 42nd Street in Manhattan.
The assault was captured on CCTV cameras and later shared by police.
"They said, ‘because there you go to jail,’" Miller added, recounting a conversation with detectives.
That anecdote momentarily quieted CNN anchors Erica Hill and Phil Mattingly.
"Oh," Hill said. "Fair point," Mattingly said in turn, in a clip flagged by Daily Caller reporter Brianna Lyman.
Miller said that while most migrants are looking for honest work in the city, a small percentage of migrants are more interested in criminal activity.
"But within that group [of] throngs of people in search of hope and a better life, there is this 1% criminal element that looks at a different opportunity here," Miller said. ................
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