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Shelley Moore Capito: “The ICE functions were funded. We forward funded those for…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

Capito Joins CNBC's "Squawk Box"

Published March 24, 2026 | Video Starts at 08:21

The president said this is like rewarding them and giving them what they want. Then they'll do it again. Well, we got to remember that The ICE functions were funded. We forward funded those for three years last summer. So the ice, the ICE folks are still getting paid. The enforcement and removal folks are still being paid here, and their functions are still going on. We can still do that. (08:21–08:28)

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Asserts that ICE functions were funded for three years last summer.

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