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Elissa Slotkin: “I am suggesting that we get everybody in a room on the ICE issue. Lock them in a room here in the Capitol--our…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2026
I am suggesting that we get everybody in a room on the ICE issue. Lock them in a room here in the Capitol--our negotiators. I need the President to send his envoy so we can actually make some decisions. It has been hard to negotiate with Senate Republicans on this issue because they need the blessing of the White House. Get all the players in a room. We will sit down. I will do it. I will be here all day and all night and all weekend. But I have to tell you, you can't use one group of people as a shield to not fund all the other border missions, all the other funding, FEMA. You can't do it.
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Elissa Slotkin
Democratic · Michigan

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Addressing the need for negotiations on ICE funding and border missions.

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