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Hakeem Jeffries: “Taxpayer dollars are being used by the Department of…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 07:34

How comfortable are you with members of your party pushing this? Haven't had a conversation with the Congressman on that particular piece of legislation, but our position has been clear that Taxpayer dollars are being used by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE to brutalize American citizens. and law abiding American taxpayers in ways that the American People reject. The American people didn't sign up for what we're seeing on the streets of Minneapolis, in Chicagoland, or in other parts of the country. (07:34–07:46)

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Asserts that taxpayer dollars fund ICE activities that harm American citizens.

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