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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans want to give at least $70 billion to ICE and…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 08:17

… housing, driving down the cost of health care, driving down the cost of child care, driving down the cost of gasoline prices and groceries and goods. But that's not what Republicans want to give at least $70 billion to ICE and Donald Trump's violent mass deportation machine. And that's not acceptable. So in terms of what will be in front of us most immediately, we're committed to stopping this reckless Republican budget bill in its tracks next week. (08:17–08:27)

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Claims Republicans plan to allocate $70 billion to ICE and Trump's deportation efforts.

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