Hillary Scholten: “Democrats push for greater transparency and accountability…”

“In other words, it allows them to avoid bipartisan negotiations and simply move forward on their own. And that's exactly what happened here. Democrats push for greater transparency and accountability within ICE and CBP because that's what the American people wanted, along with reasonable guardrails to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly and enforcement actions are carried out appropriately. These proposals were rejected. So now the House is being asked to approve tens of billions of dollars in new funding without additional safeguards.” (01:16–01:32)

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