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Mike Johnson: “They decided for political purposes they would pull off ICE…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 20:58

It's not the fault of the Republican Party, it's the fault of the Democrats because they decided to break off again after remember, they helped negotiate the bipartisan, bicameral homeland bill and They decided for political purposes they would pull off ICE and cbp, Immigration Enforcement and Border. And you can't do that. You can't isolate and have the orphan agencies of the department. You've got to fund it all. (20:58–21:06)

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Asserts that Democrats removed ICE and CBP from a negotiated homeland security bill for political reasons.

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