Hakeem Jeffries: “We also are going to continue to stand by law abiding…”

“Now, listen, we support a strong border. We support the notion that we need to fix our broken immigration system, but we should do it in a comprehensive and bipartisan way. We also are going to continue to stand by law abiding immigrant communities, stand by our farmers, stand by our farm workers, and stand by our dreamers at the same time. Leader Jeffries, Congress comes back into session tomorrow, both the House and the Senate. And the big thing that should be the first order of business is doing something about extending those Affordable Care Acts subsidies.” (01:23–01:35)

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