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Ruben Gallego: “This enforcement has more money than the Marine Corps has.”

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

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Can Congress put some. So the biggest. The biggest problem is that these guys, the Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that gave them $175 billion over the next five years. This enforcement has more money than the Marine Corps has. The Marine Corps. Marine Corps has jets, mind you. Jets. $175 billion. They're opening up. They're trying to open up these detention centers. They're open for a reason. (24:40–24:45)

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Asserts that immigration enforcement funding exceeds Marine Corps funding.

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