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Dick Durbin: “Senate Republicans have chosen to focus their efforts on a…”

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Sen. Durbin on the Affordability Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 04:55

Sadly, they are equally distracted by President Trump's current and changing priorities. This week in the Senate, instead of voting on legislation that would lower costs, Senate Republicans have chosen to focus their efforts on a party line package that would give ICE and CBP up to $140 billion. to continue the administration's reckless cruelty and deadly mass deportation campaign. They already provided $170 billion slush fund for border and interior enforcement last June, but they insist it's not nearly enough. (04:55–05:18)

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Asserts that Senate Republicans are focusing on funding ICE and CBP with $140 billion.

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