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Amy Klobuchar: “Their budget went to $75 billion more. They're now bigger…”

Featuring: Amy Klobuchar, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Minnesota

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Amy Klobuchar says ICE is 'making us less safe' after another fatal MN shooting: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 06:06

So before us, right now, we have a bill about funding them, giving them more money. I'm not voting for that. And I didn't vote for tripling their budget over this summer. Their budget went to $75 billion more. They're now bigger than the FBI. And when they're killing two constituents in my state and they're taking two year olds out of the arms of their mom and they are taking an elder Hmong men … (06:06–06:14)

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Asserts that ICE's budget increased by $75 billion, making it larger than the FBI.

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