But I also want to step back for a moment because we cannot lose sight of the fact that the reason we find ourselves in this mess is that last summer, in their big, ugly bill, Republicans did an end run around the bipartisan appropriations process and handed ICE and Border Patrol vastly more money than they receive each year. They gave ICE $75 billion, CBP $65 billion, and even more funding on top of that for the Secretary to tap. (01:31–01:42)
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