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John Fetterman: “This shutdown would not impact the functionality of ICE…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

'PART OF THE ROT': Fetterman EXPOSES Democratic party divide

Published February 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:38

But, but for, for me, I was the only Democrat that voted to refuse the shutting government down. And I reminded even the director of ICE in a hearing just on Thursday that This shutdown would not impact the functionality of ICE, that they have plenty of money after the big beautiful bill. So that why shut this down? You can want to reform ICE and I do, but that's not going to have the impact. (01:38–01:47)

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Asserts that the government shutdown would not affect ICE's functionality due to sufficient funding.

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