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Ted Cruz: “Funding ICE and Border Patrol, that's the tent pole.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen Cruz: This is short-minded and short-sighted

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

What we need, and I've spent the last several months arguing we should do another reconciliation, but we need a tent pole. We need a policy that is big and important enough that it brings together a majority. You know, what, Funding ICE and Border Patrol, that's the tent pole. There is no Republican in the House or the Senate who wants to vote against border security. That's how we get the votes. (04:13–04:17)

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Asserts that funding ICE and Border Patrol is the central policy to gather majority support.

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