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Henry Cuellar: “They [ICE] cannot overreach. And if they want to deport…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Congressman Cuellar's Weekly Recap - January 23, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

But again, Homeland was bipartisan. But again, we did some work on ice. They cannot overreach. They [ICE] cannot overreach. And if they want to deport criminals, that's one thing. But when they start going after people that don't have criminal records, that policy has to change. The other piece of legislation, Appropriations, had to do with education and health care education. Guess what? Smiles for heavens and other folks that were pushing for children, cancer research and other work. (00:37–01:24)

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Asserts that ICE's policy of deporting non-criminals needs to change.

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