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Mark Kelly: “It was a reasonable compromise. It didn't get done because…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Sen. Mark Kelly says when Trump is "done and gone," Senate GOP will support immigration bill

Published | Video Starts at 04:41

It was going to provide more Border Patrol agents, more Border Patrol, pay more money to build facilities to temporarily hold migrants. So we, so this legislation had a lot of things, you know, in effect. And it didn't get done. It was a reasonable compromise. It didn't get done because of Donald Trump. But when you were saying, when you were saying Democrats don't understand this issue, do you think Vice President Harris understands this issue? Yes, she does. Absolutely. (04:41–04:46)

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Asserts that a reasonable compromise on border security failed due to Donald Trump.

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