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Kirsten Gillibrand: “ICE is supposed to work on anti-terrorism, drug…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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N.Y. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Trump, 2026 elections and more | Full Interview 3.15.26

Published | Video Starts at 10:33

That is not how government and Homeland Security is supposed to work. That's not what ICE is supposed to do. ICE is supposed to work on anti-terrorism, drug interdiction, making sure we don't have guns coming into our country. and drugs coming into. Those are legitimate missions, but they've been turned into a personal force for President Trump, and it's destroying our democracy, it's destroying people's civil liberties, and people have been killed, and it's not right. (10:33–10:36)

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Asserts that ICE's intended functions include anti-terrorism and drug interdiction.

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