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Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump wants the federal government opened, he…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Mar. 25, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 08:18

Because Democrats embrace reckless open border policies and reckless sanctuary city policies which put criminals back into American communities. How many more Americans have to die before the Democrats end this madness? President Trump wants the federal government opened, he wants the Department of Homeland Security funded, and he wants the Democrat shutdown to end immediately. The President will also continue to call on Democrat leaders in sanctuary cities and states like JB Pritzker, where this young, beautiful girl was murdered to cooperate with ICE and stop releasing illegal alien criminals into American neighborhoods. (08:18–08:27)

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