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Phil Weiser: “Congress has the job of whether we give ICE funding.”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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Weiser asks Bennet about his claims that he'll reform ICE once he's governor

Published | Video Starts at 00:10

You've talked a lot, including press conferences, including in ads, about how you want to reform ice. But the twist is you said, I want to become governor to reform ice, but Congress has the job of whether we give ICE funding. You've continued to vote for increases in ICE funding in Trump 1, you voted in Trump 2 to give ICE more detention powers. (00:10–00:14)

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Asserts that Congress is responsible for deciding ICE funding.

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