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Mr Romain says he believes in America as "a nation of law and order" and adds that immigration reform "does need to happen".

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Zohran Mamdani’s vision for New York isn’t heavy on law and order or common sense, so it’s a relief that the city will still have a police chief who believes in both.

Yet those who do come forward are reluctant to name their attackers and rarely seek justice, in part because the conflict has led to a breakdown in law and order.

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Service members could be instructed to search, arrest, and imprison civilians they deem suspicious and impose their commander in chief’s draconian vision of law and order.

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The then Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said at the time: "In short if we fail to act now, we face the collapse of the criminal justice system. And a total breakdown of law and order".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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