New Mexico Democrats condemn deployment of federal agents after Trump announced they'll be sent to Albuquerque

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• President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr announced Wednesday that they are deploying 35 additional federal agents to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Trump said the deployment was necessary because local leaders are "too proud" or "too political" to ask for help fighting crime.
• The Democratic Party of New Mexico, however, says the deployment is "an unnecessary and dangerous step that is out of line with the needs and interests of our communities."
• The deployment comes as Trump's 2020 campaign is flooding New Mexico with ads falsely claiming that his rival, Joe Biden, would defund the police.
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President Donald Trump's decision to send an additional 35 federal agents to Albuquerque is "unnecessary and dangerous," according to the Democratic Party of New Mexico.

On Wednesday, Trump and US Attorney General William Barr announced they were deploying the agents as part of Operation Legend, ostensibly an effort to combat violent crime. They were joined by Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzalez from New Mexico.

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