Beto O'Rourke: “You have record high levels of deportation.”

“There are tens of billions of dollars, for example, in new ICE detention funding passed in that so called big beautiful bill. You have record low levels of inbound immigration into this country, the lowest in fact, in American history. You have record high levels of deportation. Who are these tens of billions of dollars of detention capacity cells being built for if not for the President's political enemies? We have seen this film play out before.” (20:23–20:26)

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