On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” host Kaitlan Collins stated that it’s “off the topic” to mention how people abuse the asylum system when talking about asylum seekers getting healthcare benefits at issue in the government shutdown.
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) said, “Now, they’re saying, we’re not going to allow you to let the government function. So, unless you give us $1.5 trillion in money for programs that the American people have largely now said that they’re no longer interested in supporting, to include health care for non-citizens, illegal immigrants, healthcare expansion programs for other countries, in some cases, on an export basis, unless you give us $1.5 trillion for that, we’re going to keep the government closed. That’s not negotiating in good faith.”
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