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In 2015, Senator Schumer Criticized The Practice Of Tying Immigration Reform To A Funding Bill Saying Congress Should "Not Hold Hostage The Funding Of The Department Of Homeland Security That Keeps Us Safe Over An Unrelated Fight On Immigration." SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): "We would welcome a debate on immigration policies. Leader McConnell, he runs the Senate, He can start a debate on immigration on the floor, and in the -- on the floor of the Senate with the snap of his fingers. [b]Let's vote on a clean bill[/b]. And then Senator McConnell, being the leader of the Senate, can put an immigration bill on the floor of the Senate. And we welcome that debate. We think we have the high ground on that debate. But we're not going to do it with a gun held to the head of the American people and say, you do this or we're going to shut down the government. Do not, we say to our Republican friends, [b]do not hold hostage the funding of the Department of Homeland Security that keeps us safe over an unrelated fight on immigration.[/b]" (Press Conference with Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), 2/5/15)[/quote]

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