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Greg Casar: “Republicans held money hostage on the Ukraine front.”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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reg Casar on Democrat Immigration Policy.

Published | Video Starts at 08:11

And that's the only way we've ever seen that we could maybe win immigrants in this country some of their rights back. But in this case, what ended up happening was Republicans held money hostage on the Ukraine front. So Democrats in the Senate who were honest and transparent said, we're negotiating for Ukraine money and we're going to give away immigrant rights in exchange. Now. (08:11–08:16)

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Asserts that Republicans used Ukraine funding as leverage in negotiations.

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