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Ted Cruz: “ICE and CBP are the tent pole. There is not a Republican…”

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

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So you gotta have something big enough that everyone gets behind. Then you can have other provisions carry along if you have a tent pole. In my view, ICE and CBP are the tent pole. There is not a Republican... No Republican wants to vote against funding ICE and CBP. ICE and cbp. Yeah, that is a tent pole that can carry the rest of it. And so that's the case I'm making to my colleagues right now. (20:25–20:39)

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Asserts that funding ICE and CBP is a unifying issue for Republicans.

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