HEINRICH ON CNN: 'WE NEED A RESTORATION OF THE RULE OF LAW WITHIN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT'

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, appeared on CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt today where he reacted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) lawlessness.

"We need a restoration of the rule of law within immigration enforcement. I want those folks to be focused on human traffickers, to be focused on cartel members, and absolutely not to be focused on a five-year-old kid like Liam Ramos," said Heinrich.

On a bipartisan funding deal to rein in the DHS' lawlessness:

Kasie Hunt: "What are you hearing right now from your leaders, from other Democrats on Capitol Hill in your role on the Appropria...