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Jake Auchincloss: “We had more leverage two months ago for a series of…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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But we haven't gotten the ICE reforms that we want. Right, right. And, like, it's been two months now, and Democrats have not gotten the ICE reforms. And I think We had more leverage two months ago for a series of political reasons. That. That is bleeding away, and I'm frustrated by that. And I think we really got to stiffen our party's backbone to make clear that, you know, we're the party of border security. (15:10–15:15)

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