The expenditure on ICE is necessary to remove the large number of individuals who entered the country illegally.

“I wish we didn't have to spend that. But unfortunately, when you let millions, tens of millions of people into our country illegally. We got to get them out. And to get them out costs money.”

The ICE funding was necessary to secure the border and drive economic growth, even if it contributes to the deficit.

“it came down to one vote in the Senate and we had to weigh whether or not it was worth it to get security at our border to be able to have a manufacturing resurgence to be able to increase our economic growth”

Government spending on the Department of Homeland Security is unnecessarily high and should be curtailed.

“Why are you spending another 64 billion on Department of Homeland Security? They already had one giant uh influx just a little while ago on the huge budget, right? They already have tons and tons of money. They're already giving $50,000 signing bonuses and they can't possibly work through all that m”

Democrats should make funding for the Department of Homeland Security contingent on implementing reforms such as body cameras, removing masks from agents, and ending random immigration sweeps.

“Every single one of them did vote against it in the Senate because they want concessions from the Trump White House in regard to the conduct of immigration enforcement agents. So that includes banning immigration officers from wearing masks, which I think is a reasonable ask, and requiring them to w”