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Patty Murray
stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing:

"Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."

By Miriam Valverde • May 11, 2018