John Barrasso: “The Democrats would rather protect illegal immigrant…”

“Can this come to a resolution today? I mean, this week maybe not today. That's a little ambitious. Yeah. The Democrats would rather protect illegal immigrant criminals than protect law abiding US Citizens. That's why they've shut down. The Department of Homeland Security aren't funding those things. They want to make it almost impossible for us to arrest and deport illegal immigrant criminals.” (03:47–03:54)

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