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Ruben Gallego: “I was actually in the room when I was negotiating this with…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Why wouldn't you make a deal with President Trump? Let me have you jump in about that, specifically about the dreamers. What's your level of success? Actually, I was actually in the room when I was negotiating this with General Kelly, chief of staff of then President Trump. But we actually did agree to give the border wall for dreamers. And then he came back and said, well, now we want to actually take and bring down more legal migration, take out green cards and everything else. (16:15–16:22)

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Asserts that Ruben Gallego was involved in negotiations with General Kelly regarding a deal involving the border wall and Dreamers.

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