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Cheri Beasley stated on October 07, 2022 in a debate:

Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”

By Paul Specht• October 24, 2022

Nathan Deal stated on April 30, 2010 in a press releaase:

While in Congress, Nathan Deal was a leader when it came to protecting our borders.

By Willoughby Mariano• June 11, 2010

Jon Favreau stated on July 08, 2025 in Pod Save America:

“ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”

By Amy Sherman• July 11, 2025

Mandela Barnes stated on September 02, 2022 in News release:

"Ron Johnson has voted against funding for law enforcement and recently opposed a plan to recruit and train new officers "

By D.L. Davis• September 30, 2022

Chain email stated on March 24, 2012 in a chain email forwarded by a reader.:

Says the Department of Homeland Security has ordered "enough rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to kill every man, woman and child in the United States," possibly to combat "massive civil unrest" or "an invasion by a foreign power."

By W. Gardner Selby• April 30, 2012

Lloyd Doggett stated on January 26, 2015 in oped commentary:

The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 18, 2015

Karen Handel stated on July 18, 2013 in a Twitter post:

"The Senate immigration bill is … filled with things like rewards for au pair agencies, Alaskan seafood processors and Vegas casinos."

By Janel Davis• July 26, 2013

Commonwealth Together PAC stated on April 08, 2026 in an online ad:

“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.”

By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2026

Tim Scott stated on April 26, 2026 in an X post:

“Secret Service remains unpaid” during the partial government shutdown.

By Louis Jacobson• April 29, 2026

Adam Laxalt stated on November 20, 2022 in an ad:

“Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 3, 2022

Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on December 02, 2009 in a campaign video:

Says she has "quadrupled agents to secure our border."

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 12, 2010

Nick Freitas stated on July 11, 2020 in a radio interview.:

“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.”

By Warren Fiske• July 21, 2020

Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2018 in a campaign rally in Wisconsin:

"Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."

By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2018

Luis Gutierrez stated on July 13, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

"We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined."

By Louis Jacobson• July 15, 2014

Corey Stewart stated on June 30, 2018 in in a Facebook live video:

"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."

By Bill McCarthy• July 3, 2018

Weston Pagano stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium:

Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."

By Amy Sherman• July 12, 2019

Doug Collins stated on March 03, 2015 in in a newspaper article:

President Obama said "22 times" he could not authorize immigration reform by executive order.

By Nancy Badertscher• March 6, 2015

Martha McSally stated on September 16, 2018 in a Fox News interview:

Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE."

By Miriam Valverde• September 21, 2018

Alison Lundergan Grimes stated on July 30, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Mitch McConnell voted "two times against the Violence Against Women Act."

By Steve Contorno• August 13, 2014

Credo Action stated on December 21, 2017 in a tweet:

Democratic lawmakers who voted in favor of short-term spending bills "just voted to deport Dreamers."

By Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2018

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