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Jake Auchincloss: “What this bill is likely to contain is really two things…”

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

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Is Trump Going to War With Iran? Rep. Jake Auchincloss on Boots on the Ground & What Comes Next

Published | Video Starts at 05:38

We did it for our clean energy proposals. Republicans did it last year for tax and Medicaid cuts, and they're gearing up to do it again. And What this bill is likely to contain is really two things. One would be three years of more funding for ICE, no strings attached, no reforms, and then hundreds of billions of dollars for this war in Iran. And I think it's important to connect in the American imagination these two policies, which can feel separate, right. Immigration enforcement with national security. I don't think they are actually separate. (05:38–05:52)

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Asserts that the upcoming reconciliation bill will include funding for ICE and the war in Iran.

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