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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “ICE and Border Patrol got $210 billion in the big ugly law…”

Featuring: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic | U.S. House Florida, District 25

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April FL-25 Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 48:29

The whole federal government is open except for the Department of Homeland Security, where the Senate now has voted 100 to 0 unanimous to pass Department of Homeland Security funding without funding for ICE and the Border Patrol. And that's because the ICE and Border Patrol got $210 billion in the big ugly law last year on top of what they're the money they get normally in their budget. And so they are fully funded already more than fully funded. And so I co sponsored that same bill in the House and signed a discharge petition petition, as I … (48:29–48:40)

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Asserts that ICE and Border Patrol received $210 billion in additional funding last year.

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