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Tom Cole: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement, primarily. Sorry…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 07:17

It's inexcusable to me. And they're not mad at the people they put out of work. They're mad at, you know, parts of the government that are already funded. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, primarily. Sorry, they're already funded. So why are you shutting down the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, tsa, or. If you're not shutting them down, you're making people do the jobs without doing it. (07:17–07:23)

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