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James Lankford: “The only people being paid right now are the ICE officers…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Lankford Joins Will Cain Show on Fox News to Discuss DHS Funding and SAVE America Act

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

… rest of the folks can all be funded on that and we can keep going from here. So the goal is have everybody paid right now in all of dhs. The only people being paid right now are the ICE officers because we pre funded all of those folks. So let's move on. Let's fund everybody else and then keep fighting on this, but keep fighting them and go forward from here. Your words just now. (00:50–00:57)

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Asserts that ICE officers are currently the only ones being paid due to pre-funding.

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