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John Thune: “Democrats refuse to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune: Democrats Want to Return to the Biden Border Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 04:58

But I think it remains to be seen how well defund law enforcement and defund the border are going to play for them this fall. Because let's be very clear, Mr. President, that's what this is. Democrats refuse to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement at all. They refuse to fund border patrol at all. What does that mean? It means they've refused to provide any funding for deporting criminal legal immigrants, no matter how heinous their crimes. (04:58–05:02)

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Asserts that Democrats refuse to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement entirely.

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