The essential funding for the Department of Homeland Security is no place for the majority to showboat against immigration reform that strengthens our economy and our country.
Bennie Thompson: “The essential funding for the Department of Homeland Security is no place for the majority to showboat against…”
On the recordFebruary 11, 2015
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Thompson emphasizes the importance of DHS funding over political maneuvering on immigration reform.
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